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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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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.

EDIIT :

Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker

I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don’t see this issue.

to get around the adblocker warning, use this link.

https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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    Try https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

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      That works as the starter page, but can’t be set as the custom search engine… Only the real DDG can be set as that.

      // EDIT; user-error

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        I’ve set it as a custom search engine in Firefox by appending the usual ‘?q=%s’. Seems to work fine here?

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          … Thanks.

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