DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search | TechCrunch
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Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.
  • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    I’ve been using it for a couple of year now and I only double check Google maybe 1% of the time. And most of those times, I also can’t find what I am looking for on Google. I also can’t go back after getting used to the ! commands.

    • emmanuel_car@k.fe.derate.me
      2·
      5 days ago

      I’m the same. I use Google maybe 1-2 times a year and only after exhausting my search terms in DDG, most of the time Google also can’t find what I’m looking for.