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DuckDuckGo Reviews Summary

DuckDuckGo has a rating of 2.3 stars from 223 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. DuckDuckGo ranks 14th among Search sites.

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Florida
3 reviews
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Duckduck go is ok, However it is very difficult to remove the last website visited. Right now the url box is stuck on the last page.

Date of experience: September 14, 2024
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Since installing this - I all of a sudden cannot get into half of the apps that I use everyday! On my other devices. THERE IS NO WAY to unistall it. I looked in the control panel on my laptop and I'm stuck with this. It has hosed up all my devices and apps. DO NOT USE THIS! THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTACT FOR SUPPORT!

Date of experience: October 31, 2023
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Worthless
October 7, 2023

1. ZERO microphone capability
2. ZERO search title at top of results page
3. ZERO ability to back button to view what was typed on original search pg

All 3 are requisites when doing an internet search.

If you are incapable of adding these features to your search engine you fail any attempts to create anything similar to an internet search engine.

Privacy is not the requisite, efficiency is the requisite.

Date of experience: October 7, 2023
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Using either the "-" negative sign or using logical function such as NOT does not eliminate the keywords. This makes a search engine useful.

The other issue is the results are become more and more biased towards what's popular in captalist marketing, Bing does this, be different.

Searching for best massagers to buy, only shows theragun type massage tools. I can not massage my upper back with those. Haha. And I have no friends.

Date of experience: September 1, 2023
Croatia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Any sensitive or taboo topic is heavily filtered from results. Duckduckgo doesn't seem to care if your interest is legitimate or if the taboo/sensitive label is justified, the results are simply filtered and censored.

Date of experience: August 26, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am completely against Russian state sponsored disinformation and last night Putin told me in my dream that he uses Duckduckgo as his search engine. I can't stand such disinformation spreading search engine and hence I am choosing to not use it.

Thanks.

Date of experience: August 18, 2023
Ohio
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Duckduckgo Sucks
August 13, 2023

Terrible browser. Like buying Walmart brand only in a browser. FB is difficult to navigate. Enlarging photos is hard too, Duckduckgo makes it difficult to manage Google images. All the way around it sucks; although it might me ok for someone (like an old lady) who isnt computer saavy who just wants to post casket photos on fb of all of her friends.

Date of experience: August 13, 2023
Germany
9 reviews
31 helpful votes
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You know it's useless when you type in a search request, and within a few results it's already pulling results that don't have the words you typed. Even words in QUOTES, totally ignored within a few results. I wish I could find a search engine that actually searches for what I type into it but I guess I might as well just give up on even using them anymore because they're all as utterly garbage as this one. Seriously, you can't even give THREE RESULTS before pulling up stuff that I didn't type and ignoring my quotes? My god.

What confuses me the most is why people gush over this search engine. It's complete trash! It works about on par with Google, another piece of trash. Oooh boy it doesn't track me, how useful when it doesn't ever find any useful results. I sure hope nobody tracks these results that are completely irrelevant to my search! That would be just terrible!

I swear, I would allow someone to look over my shoulder at every search I make if it would ensure I get a search engine that actually functions as a search engine and not as a glorified marketing tool.

I wanted to get in contact with them, but as the reputable business they are they don't provide any way to do so. They suggest you ask questions in "their community," by which they mean a SUBREDDIT. Yes that's right, the ONLY place you can ask questions is from a social media site where trolls regularly downvote people for asking or answering questions! GREAT IDEA DUCK DUCK GO! I'll be sure to not ask any questions and never use your search engine again!

Date of experience: June 24, 2023
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Avoid
February 10, 2023

Tried it as a new search engine and went online shopping. Near the top of a list of searches for item I was after was online shop foresightclothing. Looked legit with padlock payments etc but but turns out is scam and I'm now £70 poorer. Tried other search engines like Google and Bing for same item and foresightclothing nowhere to be be seen in results. So DDG gives poor protection imo. Avoid at all costs.

Date of experience: February 10, 2023
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Isn't the whole point of this browser to answer question? For me everytime I ask a question it can never give me a clear answer, instead I must read 5 articles that never even give me a clear answer. These questions are not complicated! Although this browser provides more privacy, google does much better at its job. I do not recommend this browser.

Date of experience: January 27, 2023
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Searching
January 1, 2023

I love the search engine in that it is private and I am not tracked. The only downside for me is that it does not allow for voice commands like Google. If they would add that feature, it would be perfect!

Date of experience: January 1, 2023
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Sells out everyone.
October 9, 2022

Selling our info just like Google. Forget it. Can you beleive this? Now they are squashing what they call "misinformation". Same as Google!

Date of experience: October 9, 2022
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I love it!
September 5, 2022

I saw this app one day and checked it out and I've had it ever since. It has protected me from a Amazon scam (fake Amazon). The guy was trying to get in my ph and duck duck go would not let him. And the scammer wanted me to go down the street to CVS and use their internet. Well, I didn't go and he tried to call me back. I blocked him and reported it to the real Amazon. So I recommend Duck Duck Go!

Date of experience: September 5, 2022
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Duckduckgo recently said they would start boosting results based on their own values, which is the opposite of what they said they would do

Date of experience: June 15, 2022
Netherlands
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Bad search results
May 31, 2022

Terrible search results so you cant find what you want easily. It takes a very long time to do so.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE

Date of experience: May 31, 2022
GB
1 review
12 helpful votes
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There are better alternatives. All search engines track. It's impossible for low cost or free services to make money without advertising, and that advertisers require some method of measurement, which involves…. Tracking

Date of experience: May 30, 2022
California
26 reviews
61 helpful votes
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Duckduckgo would have you believe that it is a program alternative to Google. But it is not. Once you load t on your computer, it does not appear in the program list and can't be easily removed. It takes over all your search imitations like a virus. You can't switch back a and fourth between search engine. It is hard to remove it and depending on your experience you might have to hire a professional to remove it. You have to wonder why they would do it this dishonest way and not make it a program that you can remove? What are the up to? Alternative to his BS virus is Incognito mode on Google. Much easier to use and turn on and off.

Date of experience: May 13, 2022
Ohio
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Go woke, go broke
April 18, 2022

Used DDG for over 2 years with no problems but now I see your CEO is a Progressive Censoring Marxist I am gone for good. Google mini me

Date of experience: April 18, 2022
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Time for you to go
April 15, 2022

Time for you to go now that you are censoring.No free speach here now. You are now as bad as google and favebook for censoring free speach. GOOD BYE

Date of experience: April 15, 2022
Wisconsin
2 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Biased search results
March 20, 2022

Cuck Cuck Go censors their results just to fall into lockstep with all the other massive conglomerates. How despicable are they? Let's see, they used to have unbiased unfiltered results and suddenly they sound like the Biden administration saying "we're fight MISINFORMATION" C'MON MAN. Time to go to Brave who used to use DDG but stopped when they started censoring results. Yup go get Brave Beta and enjoy unbiased, unfiltered, news that you actually look for. Yes you can find what you want on BRAVE.

Date of experience: March 20, 2022

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