Promising utmost privacy, DuckDuckGo in the anti-Google search engine. But what’s it really like to use?

Editor’s Note: Yes, I tried it, but I still use Google and DuckDuckGo…

By Sam Singleton, Contributor, PCWorld, Jun 9, 2022 3:45 am PDT

Google is far and away the most popular search engine—but sometimes it can feel more like Big Brother and less like a friendly assistant. Indeed, for those concerned about privacy, Google oversteps some boundaries by collecting your personal data, and serving you ads based on what it collects. Enter DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine with its own desktop extension and mobile browser app.

DuckDuckGo touts itself as the anti-Google, promising not to track or collect your data. It offers a clean interface and familiar layout, and provides many of the features you’ve come to expect from a search engine—but without those invasive data trackers.

On paper, DuckDuckGo seems like a worthy competitor. But how does it really stack up to Google? To find out, I switched to DuckDuckGo and used the service exclusively for a week. Here are my five key takeaways.

Source: I switched from Google to DuckDuckGo: 5 big takeaways | PCWorld