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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.

EDIIT :

Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker

I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don’t see this issue.

to get around the adblocker warning, use this link.

https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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    More people will probably switch when they figure out they don’t need to install anything and can change their default search engine on their current browser.

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      More people will probably switch when they figure out they don’t need to install anything and can change their default search engine on their current browser.

      FTFY

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        Thank you for this! I changed to duckduckgo just now and it took 5 seconds. Now to see if it works as well as Google.

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          Happy to help - feel free to spread the word!

          You can also set up the ai-free search, noai.duckduckgo.com, as a custom search engine.

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            Whoa, that’s great news. Thanks for that!

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      that is on level that i meanwhile believe 90% of people can’t handle or even understand

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