Hacker News Reader

"their search ecosystem is leagues ahead of competitors" Not sure what u mean, but if u just mean Google.com I dont believe thats true anymore. I switched to DuckDuckGo a while back and it seems basically the same except u will get less 'sponsored' results garbage, and also I feel a little bit less en-bubbled when using it.

View on HN

Yes, I meant Google Search itself (plus the broader AdWords partner network, YouTube, etc).

I'm on DDG for my primary search engine too, but

(a) I fall back to !G for at least 50% of my queries. (b) You and I are a tiny, tiny minority. DDG users are not even a fraction of a rounding error in the global search userbase.

DDG is nowhere near being a serious threat to Google - it may well in future, but right now, Google still rules the roost (Facebook being the only other equal). You only need to look at their respective financials to confirm it.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com