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Duck Duck Go Browser

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #3

    There’s also the “Duck Player” that plays YouTube videos, with NO ADS! You can set that to be your default viewer.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • MikM Offline
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      Mik
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      #4

      The YouTube no ads alone is worth the switch. I also don't get the MS Tabloid News page when i open a new tab.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #5

        Safari’s been my default browser since, forever.

        Never cared for the U/I of Chrome, and the Edge stuff, as @Mik says is annoying as hell.

        Brave is nice, but I still get some ads.

        Safari’s been getting sluggish - perhaps because of the extensions I have loaded (Ad block, translate, and … DuckDuckGo essentials.

        DDG gets rid of all that carp.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • RainmanR Offline
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          Rainman
          wrote on last edited by
          #6

          I guess I might try it. My son gave me a new Mac as a present, and I hate the way when I try to buy something, I'm flooded with alternate possibilities etc.

          I should open up a separate thread as I get up to speed on my new shiny store-bought Mac laptop. At this point, I find a whole bunch of stuff I don't know what or why they all exist.

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          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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            taiwan_girl
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            #7

            @George-K I may have to try it. I have also been using Safari for a long time. I use Duck Duck Go for my searches, but not for the browser itself.

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #8

              Apparently there’s no “reader mode” with DDG - unless I’m missing it.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • MikM Offline
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                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #9

                I looked for it too.

                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Mik
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                  One thing I do like is it tells you how many trackers it blocked from sites you go to. I guess NODEBB has a bunch of them.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Jolly
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                    Not so fast?...

                    https://www.engadget.com/youtube-test-threatens-to-block-viewers-if-they-continue-using-ad-blockers-053117556.html

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      wrote on last edited by
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                      Unreal the number of trackers DDG browser blocks.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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