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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by watwut on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:44PM (#48300385)
> driving an increase in total search queries

I search more when I cant find the thing I am looking for. I search less when I find the thing I am looking for.

Second, it takes additional effort to not do AI search.

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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by kungp on Thursday May 28, 2026 @07:26AM (#48307444)
Yeah, seems obvious that more searches = results are worse. Who would go "Google sure is good nowadays, I'm gonna ask it for more things than I used to"
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