> When I made the switch, I also tried to ditch Google
> for DDG, but I haven't been able to make it work.
My experience has unfortunately been the same; I often need to click through pages of DDG results to find the results I want, while Google tends to show it within the first 3-5 results. I tried using it for several months as my main search engine (last time I tried was 2019), and I basically just ended up typing `!g` in muscle memory when working.
For now, I'm using StartPage [1] which works quite well:
> You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search.
> So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search
> results in order to remove all trackers and logs. The
> result: The world’s best and most private search engine.
> for DDG, but I haven't been able to make it work.
My experience has unfortunately been the same; I often need to click through pages of DDG results to find the results I want, while Google tends to show it within the first 3-5 results. I tried using it for several months as my main search engine (last time I tried was 2019), and I basically just ended up typing `!g` in muscle memory when working.
For now, I'm using StartPage [1] which works quite well:
> You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search.
> So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search
> results in order to remove all trackers and logs. The
> result: The world’s best and most private search engine.
[1]: https://startpage.com/