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DAE feel like DuckDuckGo is now just as good as google for the vast majority of searches?

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Not because DDG got better, but just because google got worse.

google is still better for site-specific searches, and google scholar still has minimal AI slop

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adarza@lemmy.ca
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ddg maps is just a no-frills apple maps.

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The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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which is to say: terrible

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Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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Agreed. Even if it were identical to Google maps in terms of content, it runs slower on all platforms I’ve so far tried (windows, iOS, OSX).

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adarza@lemmy.ca
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yes, it is. but between it and graphhopper (or osm), it’s “enough” for me.

i don’t need a feature-filled “app” (my phone is ‘dumb’), and the only time i end up on something else like bing or google maps is if a site i need to use embeds and relies upon them.

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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DDG is just Bing

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djsaskdja@reddthat.com
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Sorta not really.

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The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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the bulk of its search results come from bing. only its instant answers and ai features aren’t bing

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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I got identical results with a side-by-side comparison.

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