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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by matwood on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:49PM (#24889324)
I think any inferiority is mainly because DDG doesn't build a user profile. I tested this the other day by searching for 'rust'. On Google the entire first page of results were either about the programming language or some game. DDG had something about iron oxide as the third result.

Whenever I use DDG, I just have to remember that DDG does not have my personal profile, and adjust accordingly. Then the results are fine, and even better if I'm searching outside my normal profile.

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Re:Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet by pessimizer on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:27PM (#24889611)
> I think any inferiority is mainly because DDG doesn't build a user profile.

It is. I haven't accepted cookies from google in many years, and when I get frustrated enough to !g bang on ddg it never finds me anything better.

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