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Re:Google Alternatives by amelius on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:11AM (#25383221)
Yes, imho DDG really needs a button at the bottom of their first search results page that redirects you to the equivalent Google search.

This feature would make me switch to DDG.

(I tried DDG, but got tired from typing "!g")

Re:Google Alternatives by piyush_soni on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:06AM (#25383490)
They can't expose such a feature, at least until they're sure that their results are better than Google's in most cases (otherwise it'll be like shooting themselves on the foot).

Besides, a userscript that does what you want could be written very easily I guess.

Re:Google Alternatives by amelius on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:28AM (#25383610)
> They can't expose such a feature, at least until they're sure that their results are better than Google's in most cases (otherwise it'll be like shooting themselves on the foot).

Perhaps, but here I am: a potential DDG user who is instead using Google because of this missing feature.

They could of course put a nice privacy warning next to the Google button. Or they could label it "!g" to avoid using Google's name.

> Besides, a userscript that does what you want could be written very easily I guess.

I thought of making a "!g" bookmarklet, but I wouldn't know how to deploy it on mobile (Firefox).

Re:Google Alternatives by serbrech on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:19AM (#25383249)
`!g <search>`

that opens google search