Comment by dylan604
18 hours ago
I use DDG myself. I just assumed that I'm not a very sophisticated user as I've never had it not serve my needs based on how other people here say it's not very good.
18 hours ago
I use DDG myself. I just assumed that I'm not a very sophisticated user as I've never had it not serve my needs based on how other people here say it's not very good.
>I've never had it not serve my needs
Same here. It may be 'not very good' for highly specialized or complex technical questions ... but I do research across a broad range of (non-specialized) topics daily. I often need to find 2nd and 3rd points of view on a topic ... or detailed facts about singular events ... and I rarely need to go to the 2nd page. And all ad-free!
It's a remarkable education tool. A curious, explorative kid these days could easily sail WAY beyond their age group using DDG. I can only wish I'd had it.
Their recently added 'Search assistant' consistently provides a couple of CITATIONS to backup its (multi-leveled) responses (Ask for more, get more.) I've seen nothing like it elsewhere. It is even quite good at diggin up useful ... and working ... example code for some languages. Also with citations.