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DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 week ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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without stupid adblockblock https://archive.is/whZuI

also i wouldn't install their extension just for that, you can edit your default search engine to anu address you want in the settings

browser extensions are a huge privacy risk and i wouldn't trust ddg with my data because of their Microsoft deal, not to block their trackers (they reverted that part after the backlash) in the ddg browser and to only show msn under their news tab in regular ddg

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[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (2 children)

would be great if it could also not show links to ai generated content websites

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Combo it with Ublock Origin and use their AI site blocklist.

[–] CovertOperative@piefed.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't see a list like that in the Ublock Origin settings. Is it an importable list and do you have a link?

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's built in the filters list, under Annoyances>Huge AI Blocklist. There's two different ones (the larger "nuclear variant" might slow down search a bit).

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm still not seeing it. Firefox says uBO is already updated. image

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here's the direct home link, although it's built into the list on my Waterfox and IronWolf installs.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks.

Waterfox and IronWolf installs

Maybe that's why. I use Zen. Perhaps Waterfox and IronWolf already have uBO installed by default and added that AI block list?

[–] CovertOperative@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you. It wasn't there for me on regular Firefox + uBlock extension, but I got it now.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The fact that this is even necessary just makes me sad.

[–] Mensh123@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

DuckDuckGo actually tries to downrank them. It's just that there's no way ts tell for sure, especially for computers.