DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results

Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results by mike_d on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:57AM (#35684136)

DDG does not have a search engine, they have a frontend UI to Bing. Search API pricing from Microsoft is going up, so they either have to cut the complexity of queries or just not be in business.

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Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results by plaguepilled on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:04AM (#35684178)

This is an interesting detail - I was not aware Microsoft's pricing increased. That said, would this really increase complexity substantially?

And as a nitpicky aside, if this was done in response to Microsoft's cuts, I should really have found out about this from DDG themselves, rather than a github repo commit. Though it does change the intent quite a bit.

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Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results by mike_d on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:13AM (#35684233)

Bing buckets queries into pricing tiers based on complexity.

Why on earth would DDG have any obligation or interest in telling you about their supplier pricing? You found out something that has little to no material impact on you from a post on a nerd site.

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Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results by plaguepilled on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:23AM (#35684276)

>Why on earth would DDG have any obligation or interest in telling you about their supplier pricing?

Because I used the feature.

>You found out something that has little to no material impact on you from a post on a nerd site.

It has an impact on me, because I used the feature.

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Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results by doubtfulcan on Monday April 24, 2023 @05:36AM (#35685435)

Transparency would be in a self-proclaimed privacy oriented businesses interest. Hiding changes and being found out is really bad PR

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