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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Apple considered ditching Google for DuckDuckGo in Safari’s private mode

But Apple exec argued DuckDuckGo wasn't as private as believed.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/apple-considered-ditching-google-for-duckduckgo-in-safaris-private-mode/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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a65faaf3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 if only Apple had the market position to force such a condition on DDG.
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bird enjoyer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 "duckduckgo isn't as private as they say they are," says man who literally worked at google. i don't see any reason not to take this man's word at face value! surely he has completely valid and non biased reasons to say what he said.
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f936eeb9 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 it doesn't say much about execs... It does suggest though that DDG list out big time as they could not pay to make their search engine the default choice...
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c164d8ac | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 Yeah, if you can only get half a loaf of bread of course it makes sense just to refuse and starve instead.