I always liked the site but to be honest after using it as my default search engine briefly in chromium, i found it didn't quite compare to google in terms of:
1. Performance. There's a small but significant gap between the two services in terms of the speed in which they serve redirects and search results.
2. Features. Although a lack of features like mail, maps etc. is, I suppose, part of ddg's philosophy, I feel like it's merely inconvenient compared to google where all it's services are immediately available with a click. Also, ddg doesn't save any web history which can actually be very useful for people using more than one computer.
It's not that I dislike ddg and what it does. It fills a nice gap in the market and I like it's principles of privacy. But for now, performance trumps freedom I guess :p
Agreed on performance. I guess it's a matter of having servers all over the place like Google.
As for having mail, maps, etc. I prefer they don't. That'd basically mean tracking. Just set up your browser to have it accessible if it's a big deal for you. Can be done in several ways.
in hindsight this comment seems a little harsh. It's not fair at all to compare the two in terms of performance when google is a huge multinational with servers all over the world and ddg only has a few (I imagine)
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I always liked the site but to be honest after using it as my default search engine briefly in chromium, i found it didn't quite compare to google in terms of:
1. Performance. There's a small but significant gap between the two services in terms of the speed in which they serve redirects and search results.
2. Features. Although a lack of features like mail, maps etc. is, I suppose, part of ddg's philosophy, I feel like it's merely inconvenient compared to google where all it's services are immediately available with a click. Also, ddg doesn't save any web history which can actually be very useful for people using more than one computer.
It's not that I dislike ddg and what it does. It fills a nice gap in the market and I like it's principles of privacy. But for now, performance trumps freedom I guess :p
Agreed on performance. I guess it's a matter of having servers all over the place like Google.
As for having mail, maps, etc. I prefer they don't. That'd basically mean tracking. Just set up your browser to have it accessible if it's a big deal for you. Can be done in several ways.
in hindsight this comment seems a little harsh. It's not fair at all to compare the two in terms of performance when google is a huge multinational with servers all over the world and ddg only has a few (I imagine)
We are working on this issue -- where are you located?