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mk  ·  4663 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leave Google and restore your privacy in seven days -- One man's tale of escape.
I personally use DDG and Google together. There are definitely places where they don't overlap.

One thing that I really like about DDG is the search suggestions they have to the right of the results. Often it suggests something useful that I wouldn't have otherwise thought of. Also, DDG has a 'more results' link that appears on the bottom right if you hover over a result. If you click on it, it will give a site-specific search for your terms. -That's often useful. However, as far as site-specific results go, I think Google's are better.





caio  ·  4662 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My girlfriend doesn't like DDG, because its results are not personalized as Google's. I tried giving her the privacy speech, but she thinks it's fine as long as Google search is giving her the results she wants.

Any good counter-arguments?

insomniasexx  ·  4662 days ago  ·  link  ·  
caio  ·  4662 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Really great stuff on the link. Thanks.
insomniasexx  ·  4662 days ago  ·  link  ·  
There was actually a really good comment that got bestof'd on reddit about why you should care about privacy. I've been trying to find it for a while.

A lot of people just don't see why you should care and the comment brought up a bunch of points.

crackedmonocle  ·  4662 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think you might be referring to shits-n-giggle's comment here.

"The truth is that if someone is giving you a service for free, you're not the consumer - you're the product being sold."