https://janikvonrotz.ch/tags/duckduckgo/ Recent content in Duckduckgo on Janik von Rotz Hugo en Thu, 28 May 2026 07:40:45 +0200 https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/05/28/intersection-of-web-search/ Thu, 28 May 2026 07:40:45 +0200 https://janikvonrotz.ch/2026/05/28/intersection-of-web-search/ <p>Something peculiar happened, the biggest search monopolist Google decided to show ai summaries instead of search results. For years the search engine acted as a platform for advertisers and seekers. Now, the act is over and the emperor stands without clothes.</p> <p>The open web where people share knowledge, data and code is very dear to me. I came in touch with the internet when search engines where already a thing. Before, I guess, there were some kind of phone books with addresses instead of numbers. Search engines made the web discover-able and popular beyond imagination. I did not imagine asking a chatbot pretending to be human.</p> <p>In my experience the promises of ai fall short. I really hope that the pivot to ai fires back. But, what can be done right now? Are there any alternatives to using Google &ldquo;search&rdquo;. I don&rsquo;t think there are any viable alternatives. Kagi is run by tech bros, Ecosia is a lie, DDG, Startpage are just Bing frontends and SearXNG or Marginalia might hold the future, but are too niche for now.</p> <p>The best thing you can do right now is using <code>https://noai.duckduckgo.com/</code> as your default search. In Firefox add <code>https://noai.duckduckgo.com?q=%s</code> as a search shortcut and set it as default search.</p>