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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thats depressing. % stats like this always oversell it. There are probably not many people installing duckduckgo so a 30% increase is a small handful of users. I'd expect like 500% if there was actual pushback.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Unfortunatly there will not be an actual pushback, because most people will always prefer convinience above almost anything else.

    Even facts.

    I know so many people who will use ChatGPT fully knowing it might be wrong. They dont care.

    Scary, right?

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