how to switch to noai.duckduckgo.com on firefox without installing any extensions or plugins:

[krosylight@fosstodon.org]

@eniko I would have expected that right-clicking the address bar should already suggest the search engine addition, but apparently DuckDuckGo serves both versions in the same name DuckDuckGo. So Firefox thinks it already has that search engine and thus shows no option.

Ideally they should serve it under some different name and this should become easier for everyone.

Also filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2043838 though.

[epd5qrxx@mastodon.online]

@jedimb

Most likely nothing.
At least it is not an officially documented URL parameter

How To Use URL Parameters To Change Your DuckDuckGo Search Settings - DuckDuckGo Help Pages

DuckDuckGo doesn’t track you. That’s the DuckDuckGo privacy policy in a nutshell.

(duckduckgo.com)

@eniko

[uair@autistics.life]

@eniko

Thanks!

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@eniko I can't be the only one who just turns off that function in the "normal" search engine. Am I?

[feeblu@donotsta.re]

@eniko What about SearXNG and 4get public instances?

[david@voidposter.club]

@eniko maybe I should try out ddg again. I stopped using it due to being used to google

[jdarkside@mastodon.social]

@eniko My search engine is now changed, woo! Also made sure to remove google and bing and all that nonsense.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@feeblu i don't know anything about those

[paculino@tech.lgbt]

@eniko this right clicking in the url box only works if at least two search engines are unhidden in the list in settings, in case anyone can't figure out why... it took me too long to figure it out.

[officeplant@mastodon.social]

@rocketsoup @eniko thanks this seems to work on iOS Safari which doesn't let you specify a specific web address for a search engine.

[baloouriza@social.tulsa.ok.us]

@eniko You can also just turn AI off in your DDG prefs.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@BalooUriza yeah but this sends a stronger signal

[astraleureka@social.treehouse.systems]

@eniko And a general FYI, there's also &udm=14 that can be appended to Google URLs for the same effect - no more Gemini garbage

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@astraleureka but that would mean still using google

[astraleureka@social.treehouse.systems]

@eniko yeah sometimes I just can't find stuff with ddg and end up having to use google too

[ct@app.wafrn.net]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

Thank you so much

[fluttersh@pony.social]

@eniko I been using brave search ️ am I cooked?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@fluttersh i have nothing good to say about Brave https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

[nawer_rapter@mastodon.social]

@eniko everyone learns a new little thing every day but I'm sitting here thinking "damn, toddler's internet instructions here"
Dunno if I'm lucky or everyone else actually I do know fuck smartphones people started being forced to the internet instead of being naturally drawn to it like lil' ol' me did and have to learn "basic stuff" cuz there is no longer "basic stuff to learn" but "consume consume consume"

[arakin@meow.social]

@eniko the right+click trick is really convenient, thanks!