DuckDuckGo vs Google - Can you protect your privacy, and still have great search?

[@thegreatestquest8358]

I switched over a year ago and never looked back.

[@garrysmith1029]

Still using Google services

[@adamrrrrr7434]

Nothing will load when I search on duck duck go, any explanation??

[@RGThatRG]

@@garrysmith1029 Duck Services

[@codymerryman5605]

Me to!

[@kevincharlesperkins4395]

Duck Duck has changed, I think it's been taken over by Google. Many of the results are just like Google, just as misleading, and just as poop a ganda. It happened after Obama gave our internet to a handful of cakes on his way out of office in a full blown act of tree son.

[@sankalp3513]

DDG is the only way to search for balanced news results. Switched 2 years ago and haven't looked back

[@velinix7915]

Steve Duckduckgo is very useful. It protects your privacy, it doesn't track you with ads, and it keeps your cookies safe.

[@nixiontm]

and most importantly, search engine without political algorithms

[@meilani1126]

whenever I try to watch my *private videos 😏* it always says 39 viruses or Hacker is tracking you .-.

[@madeinheaven3176]

@@meilani1126 Do you not know how porn sites work?

[@meilani1126]

『M A D E I N H E A V E N』 uhhh-..not really I never really got told or learned that

[@meilani1126]

thebroken 6 oh thanks for telling me that

[@xanty_3513]

I am looking forward to the day when KZbin will be owned by DuckDuckGo

[@dottotech]

I believe you will be waiting for a very long time

[@pradeepnarayan5610]

I wish apple , who respects privacy , should own this

[@surefiremushroomsmicrogreens]

GribbleGrobbleson got a link to back that up?

[@icst4786]

pradeep narayan Apple only really respects privacy for publicity. They’ll still collect all your data with their software and media platforms. If anything Apple would make KZbin only run on Apple devices and probably make things even worse for creators.

[@pjay4598]

@@pradeepnarayan5610 apple most definitely does not respect privacy

[@rolandssavdons7993]

For me it's 50/50 regarding DuckDuckGo's efficiency. It works very well when I'm searching in English but when I try to search in my native language, it sometimes shows results for polish, czech speakers. Also, when I'm researching for university papers, Google shows more useful sites. Works quite well for searching specific websites, products (in English), answers for questions.

[@Pankaj81able]

I have been using Duckduckgo for the last 2 years. Beautiful experience. Use Google tools but say no to google search algorithms...Save your privacy...don't sell yourself for someone else to be trillionaires...

[@sjcap4233]

Steve Duckduckgo has been my search engine for 4 years now it is excellent. They act as a proxy so your searches are anonymous.

[@seanweaver7717]

I just switched over to DuckDuckGo today and I’m so happy I did. When you type in information in the search engine and you get results you find what you’re looking for click it and then it even tells you who is trying to track you and spying on you. I just wish I knew about DuckDuckGo earlier

[@joetolopino7126]

Steve, I like how you laid it out simply for the everyday user. I can appreciate the innocuous electronics search comparison, but it would have been more illuminating had you done a controversial (or political) comparison and shown how google will actually suppress results they don't like. I switched to Duck a couple years ago. I will always go there first, then to Bing and only google if I don't find what I need - which is rare. Thanks for the info!!

[@Cheneyjoan]

DDG doesn't rank search results with the same algorithm as Google, so you will get different top results. I actually like that part of DDG.

[@Hyvelez]

Have been using Duckduckgo for while, and i'm very happy with it. Worth noting that even though it's a step in the right direction, if you are using Google Chrome or Android, Google will still track almost as much as before.

[@ruben3305]

37 google employees dislike this video.

[@stemmentor9700]

🤣

[@ruypavancardim7512]

Amongst them all Google's directory board plus Google's CEO.

[@jokenab2002]

69 now :)

[@gmdrandom6287]

69 now

[@larrypage5635]

Surprise surprise !

[@davidstone5154]

I have been using DDG for well over year. Admittedly there are some differences over Google, the biggest difference....I believe I control more of my privacy. I switched my browser to Firefox years ago, driven by a lot of the same concerns. Thanks for the review.

[@PatrickCruzromero]

I switched because Apple told me to. Didn’t realize how much power we give when we give up our privacy.

[@eddiestilll]

Firefox + DuckDuckGo is one of da ultimate combos :D

[@aplicado3120]

Another one is Brave + DuckDuckGo

[@jeffr0]

Steve, I've tried to stop using Google but you're right, it's much less convenient. Google's world is so seamless, it requires some extra work. I've been ambivalent. After this video, I'madding DDG, and will take my privacy more seriously. Thank you sir.

[@pipe2devnull]

I like DDG but I sometimes switch back to Google for currency and science unit conversions in the omnibar. Also Google maps render faster, have Streetview and maybe directions are better (not sure on direction)

[@dannymcphee]

Thanks Steve, really appreciate the research and the Pro's and Con's you always provide on subjects like this !!!

[@tamalita]

I used DuckDuckGo when they first started out, and used it for quite a while. I think I might go back to them! Thank you.

[@Sonu-tz2js]

Thank you! I like your point about pedestrian search versus research mode search. There can be another mode - weird mode. Whenever one wants to look up any weird topic or term, no one will give all the rubbish that can be out on the web except Google. I switch to Google every time I get into weird mode searches. Rest times, DDG has been quite useful in its search results quality. Thanks for the video.

[@beverywhereyouare]

Please define: "weird' ?! ;o)

[@Sonu-tz2js]

@@beverywhereyouare :) It will be weird to describe what's weird in a public forum. Though, I think Google should be banned from allowing medical searches. Ideally there should be a separate search-base for any medical searches. With strict regulation on who/how/when/why has access to such a search database. Health is no joke but Google search has made it look like a trivial joke. It is one among several sensitive data points in a person's life. People search for health terms and issues almost casually on Google or any search engine. Such a useless disposal of Information on such sensitive topics to anyone and everyone creating hysteria and paranoia works really well for people who want to misuse the guileness in normal people. It's misuse of responsibility.

[@Chrissy4605]

I switched to DuckDuckGo and am happy with this app!!!

[@Technocrat.]

DuckDuckGo all the way. I love that i can centre the search page in settings.

[@SuperThad1]

I switched yesterday. I hope they are what I hope they are.

[@svisser2977]

Thanks for the great info as usual 👍 Just want to say I miss the old Dotto Cafe when you talked about cameras and computers, I learnt a lot back then thanks to you. Still awesome tho 😎

[@dottotech]

You and me both!

[@snowlover1037]

I was watching a video from DuckDuckGo saying that Google is stealing your information and selling it. KZbin recommended me this and I first got an ad that is the same one I first watched before watching this video

[@devidchia9405]

this morning i install duckduckgo app on my phone, i think duckduckgo is nice search engine

[@patriot4780]

I like to support the little guy when possible, and Google isn’t exactly going to collapse because I don’t use their search engine. I love gmail, Google Calendar, etc, but for browsing, I like DuckDuckGo. Could they improve? Definitely, but couldn’t we all?

[@immabeabitinactiveonthisac6700]

I don’t need DuckDuckGo to protect my cookies, I bought a cookie jar with a lock

[@alittleangsty2407]

Ya, a website that names databases and uses Bing API is definitely safe. LOL

[@immabeabitinactiveonthisac6700]

It’s reinforced glass

[@greenjihad3390]

Very good video. Also just an FYI, DDG has a mobile privacy browser available for Android and iOS. Also, Startpage is a proxy search service where people can get Google searches done without it resulting in their being monitored or tracked. Have a great day!

[@fabgodinaud8787]

What do you think of iodéOS ? shipping with ddgo as default search engine. Would be interesting to have a review!

[@dottotech]

We'll look into that!

[@miataenjoyer11]

Ads: We will Follow U Offline: YOU SHALL NOT PASS

[@TheMadManPlace]

I use DuckDuckGo (DDG) but I still found that I was being "followed" by adverts. Although I have no "proof" as such, I did notice that this was not happening when I was using Firefox with DDG but if I was using Chrome with DDG it was definitely happening to some degree or other. So why would this be? I have a sneaky suspicion that even if you are using DDG and you are using Chrome then the Chrome browser is reporting back to Google on your search keywords even though you are not using the Google search engine . That is the only explanation that really makes sense. To me anyway... So I uninstalled Chrome. I also think that there is probably something similar going on between WhatsApp and Facebook (Facebook is the parent company). As far as "privacy" is concerned, I think that it is a myth - for at least the last 25 years our data and information has been "farmed" by tech companies and is so embedded in modern society that the practice will never be stopped. Thanks for the video.

[@Technocrat.]

You can disable the few ad's it offers you to choose to support them in settings.

[@Technocrat.]

I use The New Edge based on Chromium. Love it, snappier than Chrome. When I use DuckDuckGo on it I get no trailing ads. With Chrome especially if synced to google account, I get ads on all my devices. If your logged off your Google account and use DuckDuckGo there should be no traces. It could be possible that being synced to google account they could be tracking your typing. As well on Android if you use GBoard it tracks your typing and next thing you know ads. I use it, but disabled sync to google for typing.

[@olbaze]

By default, Chrome sends everything you ever type into the address bar to Google for processing. It's part of their URL correction, pre-fetching, and prediction stuff. As for Facebook and Whatsapp, they can't follow your messages, since those are end-to-end encrypted. But everything that's not a message? Yeah, Facebook probably has a copy of that.

[@Sonu-tz2js]

@@olbaze So why do we get reports like WhatsApp of some journalists have been hacked. How do they see the messages when these apps or accounts get hacked? Can someone access anyone's WhatsApp account even if that's encrypted? I am not techie, so pardon me if my questions don't make much sense. Would not encryption work when data is in transit, how can anyone access someone else's WhatsApp chats in some other way?

[@sydney7462]

Switch your browser to brave! It functions a lot like chrome but it’s a lot better at protecting your privacy. It also lets you use duckduckgo as your primary search engine and is a lot faster than chrome too.

[@cameron4907]

Steve what's better, this (Duck Duck go) or Firefox lite? I want something safe but doesn't lag. Chrome is my current browser and it isn't as smooth as what it used to be plus I value my privacy 🤔

[@altaylor3988]

Been using DDG for about three years, get what I am looking for NOT what GOOGLE want me to see of their interests

[@dottotech]

👍

[@independent900]

Product search results are similar across search engines, but political searches, for me anyway, have often yielded significantly different results

[@Daniel_pc70]

Steve another very useful video, I did switch to DDG since I realize my Chromebook is too old to receive update that a no-no the Chromebook life expectancy I am asking myself if I ever go back to Chromebook anyway I did download DDG also on my Pixel 2 xl. Can you do one of these days a video on that? I allways I enjoyed your videos. Thank you.

[@4MWPhoto]

When I first tried DDG, maybe 5 years ago, its search results were quite poor compared to Google Search in all respects (other than not spying on you), so I stuck with Google. I gave DDG another shot about 3 years ago and it had vastly improved, so I stuck with it, using Google Search only if I was unable to find what I was looking for with DDG. The frequency of having to resort to Google Search has diminished with time, to the point that it has probably been a year or more since I have done so for basic Search. Today I regard DDG equal to Google for searching general terms, which is 95% of my use. DDG search remains noticeably behind when it comes to searching for news, videos, and maps. As for Google, in addition to spying on their users, in recent years they have been proven to be manipulating/censoring search in favor of the leftwing political biases of company employees or of kowtowing to the whims of various autocratic regimes around the world that they want to keep happy because it's good for business. Consequently, Google Search has become increasingly unreliable if you care about ideals such as freedom of speech and other basic human rights. For me, I will now only resort to Google Search as a desperate last resort if DDG, Brave Search, or other alternatives fail.

[@olbaze]

Longtime user of DDG here. First off, a small critique of the video: at 6:00, when you were doing the search, the reason DDG didn't give you the regional results is because you did not have your location turned on. There's a toggle for that under the search bar, it says "Canada" for you. Note that turning on this will change how some other features of DDG work. Second, as a longtime user, I love the !bang system of DDG. You can just do a search with a specific !bang keyword, such as !youtube (or !yt for short), and it'll actually do the search in KZbin. There are tons of these, and it makes it very easy to go from your new tab page, to the search results in a given page. I do this with wikipedia (!wiki), youtube (!yt), reddit (!reddit), amazon (!amazon), TVTropes (!tvt), and Google Search (!g), among other more niche websites. If you have your location turned on, the results will change: If you do a wikipedia search, it'll give you the page in the language for your location. Third, DuckDuckGo doesn't tailor the results to you personally. This makes the search results fairer, and far more replicable in the distant future. Lastly, DuckDuckGo offers a fair bit of customization. You can change the colour scheme, customize the fonts, center the text, choose which units to use (metric vs imperial), choose which map service to use (Google Maps, Bing Maps, HERE Maps, etc), and a lot of other things.

[@jimmyjamb4911]

I’ve just started with DDG. My intent is to stop helping Google, Amazon, Facebook and KZbin with there political agenda of locking out the conservative voices. Free speech and capitalism! Say NO to censorship.

[@floydwscott]

I enjoy that I get actual search results, Not a result that will benefit Googles agenda.

[@thedronelypilot]

Thanks for the info and overview, @dottotech. How can we interpret the moment at 6:58 when Chrome seems to have logged the DuckDuckGo search conducted moments prior? Does this suggest that Chrome has integrated DuckDuckGo unethically?

[@Anu_Tuvs]

Love DuckDuckGo! So grateful and happy that my mate showed it to me :)

[@alittleangsty2407]

Ya, a website that names databases and uses Bing API is definitely safe. LOL

[@JOAOEPFPEREIRA]

I like to use DuckDuckGo to search with a different perspective, the results are clearly different!

[@BogusDudeGW]

What would be the point of using DuckDuckGo v Google for privacy reasons if you're doing it through Google Chrome? Google search is collecting every scrap of data on you that it can but Google Chrome isn't? If advertising is an issue for you just use an AdBlock addon, been using Firefox's for near 15 years and only see embedded adverts which i don't mind on the type of sites that use them. DuckDuckGo serves a good 80%+ of my searches, the map obviously isn't quite so good.

[@frostyoven]

Glad you took time out of your week to make this, now I know what browser to use.

[@dottotech]

Glad I could help! Enjoy and let me know if it works.

[@Trendithings]

This is a massive opportunity for rival companies if they're that switched on. Privacy is the need of the customer today

[@thomas1699]

I am a long time user of both Google and Duck Duck Go. I do get tired of Google (and You Tube) "suggesting" things to me. (Big G's "algorithm" is just NOT concerned with my preferences.) In that regard Duck Duck Go is just the ticket.

[@cj4620]

What are your thoughts about using brave?

[@billlaughlin8153]

I switched but duck duck go crashes on my iPhone a lot . Hopefully you can fix that. Using google sucks because when you search for something health related you send up getting phone calls for that problem

[@PLA5207]

This is an excellent presentation for a luddite concerned about privacy. TY very much for this introduction. God bless.

[@dottotech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrJx4000]

Before DDG I used a search engine called "scroogle" of which the developer was constantly fighting with Google, and eventually quit. Does DDG not have to deal with the same kind of obstructions from Google?

[@dottotech]

None that I know of.

[@buzzsah]

somewhat related question. I will not use Internet Exp, Edge, Chrome, I use Firefox and like it but, been thinking of surfari. Your opinion ?

[@spyral8549]

If you don't use a wifi router can the provider still track your search history

[@Simply_GenX]

If using duck duck go with the chrome browser, is google still able to track your searches since you’re using their browser anyways?

[@TheChamberRoomExperience]

I added it to Safari...there is no duck on the page or the browser when I search. There is a letter D in a circle that I can click on that shows me how many are blocked...that is it. Why don't I have the Duck?

[@rixenjacob]

I started using DDG since last week. It's really good. But I have a question, is it ok if I use google search in Safari private mode occassionally? Is it safe ??

[@do4846]

Now iOS 14 will block them

[@rixenjacob]

@@do4846 Yes. 😀

[@andresc6086]

Can I use a voice search assistant on DuckDuckGo particulary using my android phone?

[@alxdava2004]

Yap. Depends on your keyboard

[@knightrider585]

You say Google search is good, and it mostly is. In my experience it has become less effective more recently. I started using DuckDuckGo as a secondary search engine because of political censorship of right leaning content on Google. From there DDG has become my primary search engine and I use google for some work-related searches where Google still works better.

[@vgman94]

DDG has a neutral perspective while Google has political ideology driving it. Helping DDG grow could create good competition.

[@farhanmirza8703]

recently switch to duckduckgo and i had a great organic search experience .

[@craigmouldey2339]

Do you have an opinion of Start Page?

[@dottotech]

not really

[@HDGuideRhonda]

Can you let me know how to find the Firefox preferences? My screen did not look like yours and I can not find anywhere to click on to get to the preferences section of the page. I would only hope I could be able to toggle between Duck and Mozilla

[@pasqualepaldino9811]

Dottech can you explain me becouse when you made a research there was canada, is it a thing that you can.change your position?

[@shaileshkanake5377]

I have been using Duckduckgo over a month and i love it, but still needs some improvements and they will do it.

[@dottotech]

I agree!

[@phugemawl]

Is this better than START PAGE ?

[@Technocrat.]

Altavista used to be the best way back. No I purely use Duckduckgo, get the results i need, no mess, no fuss, no pages of adds to get to my search.

[@vorox7658]

The best thing about DuckDuckGo is that there’s no ad witch mean no watching what they watch

[@jpmccormac]

The Brave Browser is arguably as good or better than DDG. Brave is open about how they monetize their browser.

[@almarma]

Brave is a web browser, DuckDuckGo is a search engine. They are two different things. Actually the best combination you can get is to use DDG as the default search engine in Brave browser

[@robinlennon6248]

How accurate is in on news stories.does it have misinformation on news?

[@nestormatos8477]

I just tried it and it works well, thanks to you.

[@atheistconservative6211]

The CEO of Yippy (another search engine) says DuckDuckGo, does indeed, sell user info to Google Edit: I'm a techno-dunce, just relaying what he'd said

[@freedomforever1962]

yup. thats what I read lately.

[@blowgo3169]

I feel like google is watching me

[@spyral8549]

Do I just have to install it or what else do I need to do

[@edwardwalsh4657]

I used duckduckgo in a google browser, then looked at the data google collected, google still had the urls I searched for. I started using firefix with duckduckgo and no more data collected by google.

[@dottotech]

Great to know! Thanks for sharing. Don't forget to subscribe!

[@michaelalexander625]

Thanks Steve for your insight and consistency in providing solid information. I making this browser my go to.

[@lawrencecavens5760]

Steve - What would you say about another search web page called Start Pages, - they claim to be as good but I wonder , Could you do a video on Start pages

[@dottotech]

We'll look into that!

[@gmdrandom6287]

hey is ecosia good?

[@sweiland75]

The anonymity is good but it shouldn't be at the expense of censoring search results.

[@Megamare1]

Informative video & yeah, tracking ya in Private mode.... Big Ouchh

[@tomcha75]

It doesn't matter if you're using Duckduckgo if you are using Chrome. Chrome, being a Google product, could still track you (e.g., keystrokes). If you want to protect your privacy from Google, use Safari or Firefox (FF is my personal choice) and use Duckduckgo on them. Also, the top results in Google SERP were ads. Not the best comparison when doing a side by side with DDG. I use a "Google unf#@$ed" extension on FF to see "real" search results - not those tainted by my history on Google. The results are pretty similar on DDG. Without such extension, Google will feed you biased results similar to social media that feed you more of what you like so in the end you really see more of what already fit your bias. Not the best way to research if that is your goal.

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

I want to know If I lose added security by using duck duck go. I'm going through another identity theft and I have a suspicion that it could have been because the lack of my internet security's toolbar. It has a tool bar with added security formatted to the top 4 major search engines. Duck duck go Is not included. Is that a realistic suspicion or worry?

[@rodrigogcoritiba]

I absolutely love duckduckgo and protonmail. Still waiting for some alternative to google docs and drive (proton is working on one but I doubt it will be practical at least during it's first few versions). I hope google gets broken up into various different small companies and products, so that I can use youtube and google drive without my data automatically going to the same giant google databases

[@alittleangsty2407]

Ya, a website that names databases and uses Bing API is definitely safe. LOL

[@rodrigogcoritiba]

@@alittleangsty2407 I didn't make myself clear. My problem isn't with google databases, which are better than most in the market, but with the fact that the same company has access and can share data internally from different apps and services. I'd rather have my email data not combined with maps data and browser data, that's all. I'd be more comfortable with sharing my location data with google maps if I knew it wouldn't be used together with my email data and my search history and purchase activity to create a very specific and exact profile and future predictions.

[@AmmaNonna]

@@alittleangsty2407 HI, I'd like to know what you are using?

[@Wrathnar_the_Unreasonable]

I switched to DDG and it slowed my computer. Image search results were very poor, and some websites were impossible to access because they kept redirecting. Switching back to Google was very hard, DDG won't uninstall, but once I managed to get back onto Google, the problems went away. I wouldn't recommend DDG to anyone.

[@shelinhagoncalves9578]

I have a Google account but I own movie's that I bought from them I don't want to give it up. But my question is if I use duck duck go and use google engineer will thay still collect my information and data and sell it

[@VOGASforVeinOfGoldAndSilver]

I am locking for an antivirus fir my Android. Please any recommendation.

[@teresabelshaw6694]

me too

[@davidgodley521]

I installed it yesterday.

[@vanorajorgensen9160]

Thank you for your information. Not knowing much about computers I thought I had to down load DDC. Thank you I just change my search engine. Thank You Thank you

[@arturoa.2421]

You should search something up on DuckDuckGo and see if it shows up on your wifi search history

[@MAFLORENCIA]

Can you do that for me? 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

[@adrianr108]

If I were to use "Duck Duck Go" as a verb, giving it inherent meaning of "to search", like how to "google" or "googling, googled" is used, what would that term be? I think it's part of the reason google has become so successful, because it easily integrated into the English language.

[@oilylondon]

ducking....?

[@Divinas8]

Duck it

[@thebadone8589]

What the duck?

[@NR-nf1il]

They also have a browser

[@Pipsterz]

Q: Is Duck DuckGo as Good as Google? A: Better. Google's CCP disinformation, propaganda, and cancel culture is deceitful as hell.

[@MrGhostface213]

What about safari for apple ?

[@ericcornish1983]

Duckduckgo is good better than Google, I'm not traced and tracked which is ridiculous, Google's GPS tracking and wifi scanning on any cellphone is the most aggregious offender, it's worth switching to DuckDuckGo and owning de-googled phone! You cannot be tracked or traced at all and if you want a truly non Google experience you can go with a Pine Phone 64 Linux phone that has no Google services and can have many OSes installed and flashed on to it. It has seperate dipswitches to turn off the cell modem and other features.

[@landonpraught5958]

Thanks Steve For this video we need to be so careful out on line . I thought a bout Duck duck go one time I might give it a try . Great video !

[@humanrightsadvocate]

DuckDuckGo jumped on the censorship bandwagon.

[@2020-p6y]

Hey can u tell me what privacy protection whitelist is? I don't get it

[@phawke2]

Steve, you seem to be suggesting that since the search results are different in some situations, DuckDuckGo must be inferior to Google. Perhaps this is exactly want we want. It is pretty obvious that Google sorts the search results in favour of their own services and makes it difficult to find search results that don't support their business model. If an unbiased search result is what we are hoping for, doesn't that mean DuckDuckGo is closer to the "gold standard"?

[@TheMadManPlace]

good point. giving sites that carry google adsense ads priority in the results will be better for google as far as revenue is concerned

[@Sonu-tz2js]

I miss Google image searches though sometimes, reverse image searches too! Also, that information (phone number etc.) on the address of locations that G provides seems to be missing in DDG.

[@jacksonmacd]

Great content Steve. Thanks. I would like to see more on the interactions with the browser (chrome vs brave) and the Google apps. Of the privacy you reclaim by using DDG, how much do you forfeit by using those other products?

[@PLA5207]

I subscribed based on your presentation here. Kudos. Doc Phil

[@dottotech]

Grateful for you, Philip!

[@HHh-ej4rl]

Why does DuckDuckGo only show video results from KZbin in their search??

[@grudgesgalore8666]

is KASPERSKY PROTECTION ONLINE good on duck - duck - go?

[@dottotech]

Yes it works but (URL advisor) green checkmarks how safe is web page will work only in supported browsers.