Yeah, I keep trying to settle on DDG, but every time I get frustrated with the results and end up back on google.
I remember back when google first appeared, I used it and never turned back. Its was immediatly clearly superior to everything else, and not problematic to stick with it. I never felt like I was making do with an inferior engine, hoping it would improve. Sadly, DDG has never, in my experience, achieved that. Given that, I think its asking too much for users similar to me to keep going back to DDG to see if its improved. In the end, that is too much effort. Its a waste of my time when I have things I need to do. Users need to see an immediate gain, or reason to stick. Just sticking it to google and/or supporting the underdog isn't enough when we need useful, relevant search results.
I suppose what people like me are looking for is a google that's not google. But its the whole google thing, all the snooping, data retention, privacy busting techniques, and what not, which enables such great results. I guess there is a cost to everything.
I am glad that the likes of DDG are out there, but for now, for me, they are just an interesting side show. Hopefully at some point in the future they will provide a comprehensive viable alternative for google.
I remember back when google first appeared, I used it and never turned back. Its was immediatly clearly superior to everything else, and not problematic to stick with it. I never felt like I was making do with an inferior engine, hoping it would improve. Sadly, DDG has never, in my experience, achieved that. Given that, I think its asking too much for users similar to me to keep going back to DDG to see if its improved. In the end, that is too much effort. Its a waste of my time when I have things I need to do. Users need to see an immediate gain, or reason to stick. Just sticking it to google and/or supporting the underdog isn't enough when we need useful, relevant search results.
I suppose what people like me are looking for is a google that's not google. But its the whole google thing, all the snooping, data retention, privacy busting techniques, and what not, which enables such great results. I guess there is a cost to everything.
I am glad that the likes of DDG are out there, but for now, for me, they are just an interesting side show. Hopefully at some point in the future they will provide a comprehensive viable alternative for google.