DuckDuckGo has reported huge traffic growth for its “No AI search” tool following Google Search’s AI-focused updates.
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DuckDuckGo has reported huge traffic growth for its “No AI search” tool following Google Search’s AI-focused updates. The page removes all AI elements and images from search results, with new dedicated extensions for Chrome and Firefox https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/duckduckgo-s-no-ai-search-tool-reports-huge-traffic-growth-as-google-pushes-ai-results/
@alternativeto and this is why we should be using no-ai[dot]duckduckgo instead of html[dot]duckduckgo or just javascripting the ai boxes out. DDG have given us the option to tell them we don't want it, let's use it!
Article related note: Uruky looks interesting, I may give them a go but wow I'm having trouble remembering the name... even now I know it it's taken me 4 attempts to type it correctly in this post!
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Main issue with DDG (besides using AI by default) is that their shop search is completely useless, it's literally all Temu.
Still using it over google but hoping for a better alternative to come along. Qwant seems ok but haven't used it enough to know if there are problems.
@contrasocial @geonz @alternativeto strangely enough whenever I look for things to buy, Temu never features in my noAI.DDG search results. In fact I never recall any Temu anytime. Maybe something do do with my UK localisation. Btw do Temu sell bike parts?
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Main issue with DDG (besides using AI by default) is that their shop search is completely useless, it's literally all Temu.
Still using it over google but hoping for a better alternative to come along. Qwant seems ok but haven't used it enough to know if there are problems.
@contrasocial
I use Qwant. It uses Bing for almost all search results except the ones in French and German which use a proprietary index called "EUSP" which is a joint venture with Ecosia.
Hope they would extend to other languages in the future.
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@alternativeto This search engine is not reliable
@celinho @alternativeto no search engine is reliable anymore. At least we can chose one where there isn't any of this AI crap.
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@tootbrute @alternativeto the funny part is that they also do AI, maybe it's less intrusive ?
There are two interfaces, one with and one without.
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@licho @trya2l @tootbrute @alternativeto They had to backpedal faster than a bullet train, and I guess they’re now getting the message. But are their investors getting the message? Investors are the dumbest people you can meet, they’re all “Here money, give back more”, and just follow trends if they think that’ll give them more money. AI = money for them now, so they want AI everywhere. And companies obey investors, not customers. We’ll see…
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@celinho @trya2l @alternativeto Brave is owned and founded by an homophobic cryptofascist (we could say that of any rich guy really lol) who's friend with Peter Thiel. On top of that, Brave is not even that good when it comes to privacy.
@Supersatan @celinho @trya2l @alternativeto ah yes but it's MARKETED as being good for privacy, and isn't that what's really important? If you're SEEN to have good privacy, no-one will try to hack you! QED!
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@licho @tootbrute @alternativeto oh thanks, i didn't know about that
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@celinho @alternativeto no search engine is reliable anymore. At least we can chose one where there isn't any of this AI crap.
@orange_lux @celinho @alternativeto DDG has it's own set of problems; they censors search results esp relate to #news and outside #usa and #europe it's search results go meh in many parts of #asia !
completely irrelevant BS until you started putting down very very specific instructions
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@orange_lux @celinho @alternativeto DDG has it's own set of problems; they censors search results esp relate to #news and outside #usa and #europe it's search results go meh in many parts of #asia !
completely irrelevant BS until you started putting down very very specific instructions
@harib_murshidi @orange_lux @alternativeto so you told me something I didn't know in such detail. Only conclusion I came to that they are a Pentagon tool.
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@harib_murshidi @orange_lux @alternativeto so you told me something I didn't know in such detail. Only conclusion I came to that they are a Pentagon tool.
@celinho @orange_lux @alternativeto Hey ! Hey ! I did not say that
basically when you talk to people around the world from different countries you will say how many parts of the world-wide-web don't cater to many parts of #asia and #africa ... many of those places have their own local search engines, websites are far more helpful ! Apart from Google, Bing etc. and other giants who throw a lot of slop at you and there's always some good stuff in there ! Though #AI is making it worse -
@celinho @orange_lux @alternativeto Hey ! Hey ! I did not say that
basically when you talk to people around the world from different countries you will say how many parts of the world-wide-web don't cater to many parts of #asia and #africa ... many of those places have their own local search engines, websites are far more helpful ! Apart from Google, Bing etc. and other giants who throw a lot of slop at you and there's always some good stuff in there ! Though #AI is making it worse@harib_murshidi @orange_lux @alternativeto I live in Brazil and do not like censorship, people have to be free to research in all media and do their analysis on their own. I used DuckDuckGo and I would never use it again. I have been using Brave Search for many years. We have to look at the facts, regardless of whether it is open source if it has censorship, it has a political bias.
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DuckDuckGo has reported huge traffic growth for its “No AI search” tool following Google Search’s AI-focused updates. The page removes all AI elements and images from search results, with new dedicated extensions for Chrome and Firefox https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/duckduckgo-s-no-ai-search-tool-reports-huge-traffic-growth-as-google-pushes-ai-results/
@alternativeto Va falloir que je passe d'une version à l'autre : No-AI quand je cherche des infos… avec AI lorsque je vérifie certaines productions que j'ai commandité!
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Main issue with DDG (besides using AI by default) is that their shop search is completely useless, it's literally all Temu.
Still using it over google but hoping for a better alternative to come along. Qwant seems ok but haven't used it enough to know if there are problems.
@contrasocial @alternativeto Oh, I haven't done search for shopping in a bit (but need to; need a printer and some other tings I forgot).
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@alternativeto This search engine is not reliable
@celinho @alternativeto neither is google, so it's kinda the same. but tbf if you really need to use google you can append "!g" at the end of your search in ddg and no AI ddg and it takes you to google
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@celinho @alternativeto neither is google, so it's kinda the same. but tbf if you really need to use google you can append "!g" at the end of your search in ddg and no AI ddg and it takes you to google
@vgarzareyna @alternativeto Why would you use Google?
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@vgarzareyna @alternativeto Why would you use Google?
@celinho @alternativeto dunno, i just know it's an option you have in ddg.
edit: actually apparently you can also use !b for bing
edit 2: and !y for yahoo
edit 3: i also tried !yt for youtube and !h for hoogle (a search engine for haskell) and that last one has me flabbergasted. im starting to consider the fact that the search engines it uses might be personalized
edit 4: apparently its not personalized, it just knows to use hoogle -
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