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I love the concept of bang operators, but sadly my usage is limited to:

- `!g` if I can't find what I am looking for and am ready for a different angle.

- `!` + another letter than g, typed my mistake. This results in an annoying search on the wrong site (e.g., Flickr) or even more random.

This must puzzle anyone analyzing search logs on Flickr. Why are users searching for obscure Python error messages?!

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I've developed muscle memory for `g! <query>` even on mobile. I started using DuckDuckGo in an attempt to unGoogle my life, but I'm starting to realise that DDG won't do as a google replacement. It displays annoying ads with no clear way to disable them and the quality of search results is significantly worse.

Same. I have to control myself not to include that !g on every query. Manageable, but makes it too easy to relapse.

I also use !wen, which takes me to (English) Wikipedia. More rarely !wfr (French version).

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