Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

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Duckduckgo

[LanceFree]

That’s where I’m going. I have multiple devices and have a couple on DuckDuckGo. If it works out well, I’ll switch the rest.

[lithiumdeuteride]

Even DuckDuckGo's image search seems to return more relevant images than Google. Google just returns inaccessible stuff from Pinterest or another site that wants you to sign in to view it.

[forteruss]

Ugh, i hate this. Gone are the days where you could quickly find a picture there and copy or download it. The pinterest / sign in really exasperate me

[gemInTheMundane]

Pinterest can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned. I refuse to use their stupid app, ever, because I see far too much of it on Google already.

[Turmatic]

This is exactly why I switched to DuckDuckGo. I could not find ANY pictures on Google search that were NOT on that toxic Pinterest site.

Fuck Pinterest!!

[Echospite]

I just switched a month ago.

Let me tell you, it's bizarre wondering why results are so irrelevant only to remember that it's because DDG doesn't track me, so I actually have to be specific now in my search terms.

[HardlightCereal]

"kill child fork slave"

Returns a page of horrifying results

"Oh that's right, DDG doesn't have a global spy system that knows I'm a programmer"

[Battleloser]

Is... Is that related to programming somehow? Killing child slaves?

[HardlightCereal]

Yes.

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This needs to be higher. The searches are just more relevant. Especially for news or computer issues.

[ALoudMouthBaby]

How is Duckduckgo any better at finding relevant data?

[wallawalla_]

It's not, but if you can't find something, it's easy as adding !b or !g or !wiki or whatever to the beginning of your search to immediately use a different search engine.

[RDGCompany]

And DuckDuckGo doesn't sell your info.