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⚡️💻 NEW - As Google pushes AI deeper into Search, more users are seeking simpler, more traditional alternatives.

DuckDuckGo reported that visits to its AI-free search page jumped 22.7% on average last week, peaking at 27.7%.
The company also saw an 18% increase in US mobile app installs.

This suggests not everyone wants AI-generated answers and many users still prefer clean results and more control over browsing.

Though Google still dominates with roughly 85% US market share compared to DuckDuckGo’s 2%

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SwapMarket · 3d
And Startpage now annoys VPN users with captcha, so I also switched to Duck
The_Crin · 3d
at first I only saw the responses generated by AI, but lately I have been visiting pages again because now I feel that what AI gives me is not enough for what I need.