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
for even more easier easy lazy access: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
What makes me suspect them having an agenda behind all their self-marketing is the fact that this isn’t already the default page…
Yeah, what’s with the auto-opt-in for features that cost them money? I’d think they’d prefer if nobody used the AI search, because they’d get their ad impressions with only server overhead, rather than that plus AI overhead. Clearly I’m wrong, but I can’t figure out why.
It must mean they actually are logging our searches.
Or if your job wipes your browser preferences for whatever misguided security each time it closes and you end up on the default AI BS page at the start of each day.