The unofficial consensus seems to be that "well DDG isn't as good as google, but it's worth it because of privacy."
I've been using DDG almost exclusively for software engineering work for roughly the last three years, and can't remember the last time I felt like resorting to "!g", because I can't remember resorting to Google ever actually solving my problem.
I don't at all discount the possibility that there's some extra value I'm just able to forego without noticing, but is this really a particularly unique experience for DDG users on HN?
I've been using DDG almost exclusively for software engineering work for roughly the last three years, and can't remember the last time I felt like resorting to "!g", because I can't remember resorting to Google ever actually solving my problem.
I don't at all discount the possibility that there's some extra value I'm just able to forego without noticing, but is this really a particularly unique experience for DDG users on HN?