DuckDuckGo Can Now Block Ads on YouTube

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• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Clarification for all that are as confused by the headline as I have been:

  It actually is about the DuckDuckGo browser which apparently is a thing as I’ve learned now…

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  • titter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So far so good!

    I use the DDG on my mobile, Android, for my daily driver browser. It just works. I think they have some form of “AI” but it’s easily avoidable.

    Search is comparable to G@@&)3 but isn’t (as far as i know) tracking you.

    I can’t say much because I do not search for many things; however, I do get results and they are helpful and not advertisements.

    Hope this tracks and is helpful!

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    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t quite get the point on platforms on which less limited options (like FF + uBlock + any search engine you want set as standard) are available. Main selling point is convenience, I guess?

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  • morto@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is it open source?

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    • hexagonwin@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yeah, it’s on f-droid afaik. i believe it’s a simple webview wrapper and not really a full browser.

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  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How long before we get the feature in LibreWolf?

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    • hexagonwin@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      you can just install ublock origin? or you’re looking for something builtin?

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    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Librewolf has uBlock builtin already, which is probably superior to a solution based on system-wrapper-browsing (in the most cases built on restricted chrome engines) like the DuckDuckGo browser does.

      It’s actually the main reason I am using LibreWolf on my company laptop, as installation of external browser plugins is disabled there…

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• AlteE@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder if Google would try to “punish” DuDuckGo for such ragebaiting actions.

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• XLE@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s cool and all, but being able to block YouTube ads in my browser has been table stakes from the beginning, so I’m already set

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• Triumph@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Helium

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• ImNotAi@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s being like that for a long time, and for some reason when I watch YouTube on duck duck go I got related videos on my TV and I don’t even use a google account.

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