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Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by the_other on Saturday July 24, 2021 @06:25AM (#27939688)
> Duckduckgo is a nice alternative, but how many programmers actually use it to find answers to programming questions?

At least one. I’ve been using DDG exclusively for two or three years now. If I’m really stuck, I go straight to StackOverflow.

Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by Gabrys1 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:14AM (#27940667)
Same here. Whenever the results (software related or not) are bad, I try Google search instead, but I can't remember the last time the results from Google were any better (ergo, there's no point in using Google search for me anymore)
Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by larusso on Saturday July 24, 2021 @06:40AM (#27939743)
Also count me in. I switched 4 or 5 years ago and never had much issues finding answers to my programming questions.
Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by duncan-donuts on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:25AM (#27941712)
Yeah this is a tired argument from the early days of ddg. Back in the day it was really bad for programming but these days it’s on par with Google at worst and usually better. I’ve used ddg almost exclusively since 2012/2013.
Re:Choose whether Search can show you personal results based... by erdo on Saturday July 24, 2021 @06:00PM (#27944809)
Yep same, maybe 4 years just using ddg. About once or twice a year I'll try a Google search if I'm really getting nowhere (sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't)