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tech tip
you know the bullshit about youtube forcing a five second delay if you are using firefox? and its other anti-ad-blocking nonsense?
i have my default search engine set to duckduckgo. when you click on search results for a youtube video in DuckDuckGo, it asks you do you wanna go watch it on YouTube where there's lots of tracking or do you wanna play it here? -- and if you select here on DuckDuckGo: 
there's no delay
there's no ads
nothing else autoplays after
I realize this is not ideal for people who like use YouTube playlists or subscribe to channels  but for the casual user who wants to watch an single video it's perfecto
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You’ve heard of the browser wars....
I just recently made a long-overdue defection in the search engine wars, and I’m entirely pleased with it.
You know how shitty Google results are when you need some fairly niche information that won’t be in a Wikipedia article, mainstream news, or some shitty celebrity gossip outlet, these days?
DuckDuckGo has cleared my skin, watered my crops, etc. I was kind of ambiently glad it existed for a long time, but was like “well, privacy good, but my infosec practices are already sketchy at best, and google’s been doing this for a long-ass time; they’re probably better at it, so why bother.” But no, my friends, google is better at something but these days that something is delivering clickbait to your fucking eyeballs.
I was frustrated with a very specific science question the other day and getting absolutely fucking nowhere with google, swapped over to duckduckgo on a curious whim, and it... didn’t get me exactly what I needed immediately, but it did give MUCH more relevant search results than google did. And that’s, well, because enshittification. Maybe someday, duckduckgo will also live to see itself become the villain, but for right now, it’s fucking useful, and it is now my default search engine on every device I use (and also every work computer i have reason to touch).
#the browser wars#google#duckduckgo#(the science question was not the sort that web of science and whatnot were useful about)#(it was the sort of mundane detail shit you learn from the venerable postdoc two labs over if you're lucky)#(but that never makes its way into any widely-read literature on How To Do The Thing)#(so what I WANTED was the perfect stack overflow post)#(i did not get that but i got much more useful guides from DDG)
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Just remembered I have to write things here.
What are your opinions on Perry the Platypus?
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thanks to duckduckgo for putting up frosted glass to shield me from accidentally seeing lesbian flags when i search for "lesbian flag"
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yo I did it
@claires-unofficial @nasa-real @subway-official @totally-bing @totally-official-yahoo @totally-official-goodwill @the-true-internet-explorer @realsafari @im-pandora-i-promise @the-tumblur-searchbar @definitely-wikipedia @firefox-official @officially-mcdonalds @its-target-official hot-topic-unofficial @spotify-official @walmart-the-official @the-real-google @firefox-official @totally-ikea @yahoo-official @mcdonalds-official-verified @official-opera-gx @official-firefox
and stuff
I just found out duckduckgo exists so im making a google translate one im sorry
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hi, hey, hello. So there’s an app called DuckDuckGo and it serves the same function as google but better because it blocks as much tracking as it can and it has a little duck. Again, same exact function as the zionist website, doesn’t track/sell your data, super easy to use. Make sure to turn on email privacy.
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We are AWARE of this glitch and are working on it.
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#does he know when i kiss him that it's because i love him#does he understand#i hope so#cat#cats#personal#.png#.txt#cas the cat#its all about you bud#sorry mom got a kitten. it was really rude. but it's ok. its u n me bud. ride or die#kitty#google#duckduckgo#questions
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Search engine comparision
Google: Three ads before the first actual result, which is not a helpful one. The following results also aren't helpful.
Bing: There are four ads, each so large that you have to scroll down to see the actual results (none of which are helpful).
DuckDuckGo: Two ads before the actual results. As usual, the actual results are the opposite of what I searched for.
Ecosia: No ads, but no helpful results. However, about 0.02 trees were planted as a result of my search.
Conclusion: It is impossible to find answers to difficult questions simply by using a search engine. However, out of the search engines surveyed, Ecosia had the fewest ads and most trees planted.
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The father: Firefox
The son: DuckDuckGo
The Holy Spirit: Ublock origin
#firefox#duckduckgo#ublock origin#adblock#this just came into my head today#thought others would enjoy
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Did you know that google donates money to Firefox just so that they’re able to say that they don’t have a monopoly? I actually just watched a video about this the other day, I find it so interesting :) the video is called wait a minute… google funds Firefox by logically answered on YouTube!
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Hiya!
Yep, this is an interesting topic about Google help fund Firefox! (I love learning more about Google vs FireFox 🥰👩🏾💻)
Firefox is funded mostly by donations. Last year they got around $500m, with $450m coming from Google alone. As the video states, Google could have easily let Firefox die by giving no funds and take their marketshare entirely but they didn't - for a reason.
Like you mentioned, there is a reason why Google funds so much, it's because Firefox by default has Google as the top search options in Firefox's search bar.
This allows Google to remain a relevant and visible option for users and protect their monopoly as Chrome already controls 77% of the market, and also to appeal to users who value privacy and are conscious of data privacy. So people would use Firefox as the broswer but use Google as the search engine (I don't though, I use DuckDuckGo).
The video also talks about the history of Firefox which is really cool to learn about, I recommend people watching this video.
Thank you Anon for the video recommendation! 👩🏾💻💕
#my asks#codeblr#progblr#coding#programming#Google#firefox#mozilla#google chrome#duckduckgo#search engine#broswer
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duckduckgo says second Halloween 🎃!!
#I swear I didn't edit this#(I did however crop it so the Wikipedia excerpt didn't contradict duckduckgo)#Halloween#spooky season#spoopy#all hallows eve#duckduckgo
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DuckDuckGo will either show you exactly what you want, better than modern Google ever could, or you’ll look up “Periodic Table,” and it’ll show you images of Stephany from Brownsdale, Florida’s menstrual tracker chart.
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