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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by chalst on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:05AM (#24250853)
I made the switch to DDG as my first search engine of choice a couple of years ago and when I am dissatisfied with my DDG searches, I usually compare them to !g and !b searches and find they are only infrequently much better.

I think it takes time to learn how best to query DDG. I originally started to use DDG when Google buried Google Scholar queries and I found using the !gsc query more convenient than working with bookmarks or navigating Google. Getting familiar with bang queries I think makes you have a much less siloed view of search.

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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by amelius on Sunday August 23, 2020 @07:37AM (#24251187)
I just wish DDG would make the bang options available as a button, so I wouldn't have to type them on mobile. Adding "!g" to an existing query requires 7 taps, versus just 1 for a button (!)

I guess I'm stuck with Google search.

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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by TuringTest on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:16PM (#24253967)
The current Firefox Beta for mobile allows you to store BBG bang queries as buttons, using the "Search engines" option.

Just define a search engine with the search string "duckduckgo.com/!g%20%s".

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