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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search
(techcrunch.com)
this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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I never bother to disable AI in duckduckgo so I just use a search engine that doesn't have it out of the box
It's not even about disabling it, DDG keeps turning it back on.. I live in a constant battle.
Try https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
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
I've set it as a custom search engine in Firefox by appending the usual '?q=%s'. Seems to work fine here?
.......... Thanks.