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It's given that Google will give better search results. They track you.

I have the opposite experience regarding programming questions though. I thought that part of the initial appeal of DDG was that it handled queries that involved syntax or symbols better. I suppose these types of queries may not be that "complex" though. I admit I often query just to verify the API or to check how to do a common task in a language I am less familiar with.



> It's given that Google will give better search results. They track you.

IIRC they won't if you search via !g on ddg.


I find that hard to believe. DDG just redirects you to Google, it doesn't do anything fancier.


You're right.




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