Reviews for DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials by DuckDuckGo
171 reviews
- by Firefox user 17457944, 17 hours agoRated 1 out of 5DuckDuckGo.com recently stopped redirecting my browser to a JavaScript-free page when searching with NoScript enabled. I have been having a difficult time finding a solution for this problem and downloaded this addon as an attempt to fix it.
I am leaving a 1/5 star rating because this addon does not alter the default search behavior in any way nor does it allow redirecting of searches to the JavaScript-free page of https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/ .
I had to go to https://mycroftproject.com/ to find clear instructions on achieving this. - by igorlogius, 7 days agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Shah, 8 days agoRated 1 out of 5Changing my browser default search engine without asking? NO THANKS, HARD PASS.
- by Firefox user 15151704, 8 days agoRated 1 out of 5After DuckDuckGo has also sold itself and filters content, as well as forwards user behavior, it's just scrap. You can also stay with Google, they have the better search algorithms.
Don't get confused with the statements that they won't do it. After all, their payment also depends on users using the site. The fact is they have been caught and are no longer trustworthy. The recension you wrote for yourself doesn't negate that either. Do you think we are stupid?!Developer response
posted 6 days agoNeither of these claims are true. We don't censor news and, unless legally prohibited, you should find all media outlets in our results. Let us know if you're seeing differently. On our privacy protections, we don't track you, there are no 3rd-party trackers in our app, and we do restrict 3rd-party Microsoft scripts on sites you visit. Please see the explanation from our founder/CEO here: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/uxiah9/comment/i9xxjsn/?context=3 - by Firefox user 17155439, 13 days agoRated 1 out of 5I'm also convinced they're allowing Microsoft to track people. I found out that for now UltraBlock is a good alternative. It also blocks trackers and tries to block ads on top of that.
Developer response
posted 13 days agoWe are not. We don't track you, there are no 3rd-party trackers in our app, and we restrict 3rd-party Microsoft scripts on sites you visit. More here: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/uxiah9/duckduckgo_caught_giving_microsoft_permission_for/i9xxjsn/?context=3 - by Mr.Pikachu The Madman, 14 days agoRated 1 out of 5Wow.
Never in a million years did I think a organization could break my trust this badly.
Unbelievable.
Their contractual obligations to Microsoft should have been upfront.
Also, note the developer responses in these reviews! They're lying through their teeth!
Use something else like Brave Search.Developer response
posted 13 days agoHi Mr.Pikachu. We're not sure if you've read the detailed summary that our founder/CEO wrote on reddit a few weeks ago but you can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/uxiah9/duckduckgo_caught_giving_microsoft_permission_for/i9xxjsn/?context=3
The stories going around are very misleading and hopefully that link above will provide more context. - by Pdee, a month agoRated 1 out of 5I have tried in Google, Firefox and Bing and NONE of them will download this program. It works fine on my iPhone but not my PC---isn't that interesting?
- by privacy-xplorer, a month agoRated 1 out of 5Lack of transparency in operating policy, blocking trackers but allowing certain trackers anon or not without clearly informing users butchers trust and credibility.
https://thenextweb.com/news/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-sparks-backlash - by ㅤㅤ, a month agoRated 1 out of 5The Email Protection's "Autofill" feature interfieres with the fields "TO", "CC" and "BCC" of the ProtonMail webmail interface by pasting a DDG private email adress in all these fields and making hard to manage them.
It would be a great idea to add an option to disable the "Autofill" feature in specific websites or [sub]domains. - by RadianDRZ, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5Censorship!!! As soon as the CEO informed that they were down ranking sites that they didn't agree with, I said good bye.
I can no longer support DDG if they are against free speech.
We are adults. We have the right to our own opinions and research. Do not take that away! - by lone_thumper-1364602543.64, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5I used to be a fan and proponent of DDG, but upon reading about their filtering of information that doesn't fit their political ideology, I am no longer a user or supporter. In fact, I am a vocal critic to those that I know who are considering using them. They broke the trust.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoWe understand that there are a number of stories circulating alleging we are purging independent media outlets and other content from our search results. These stories and the accusations are not true. If you can't find something on DuckDuckGo, please let us know what it is specifically and we'll investigate. - by Jamieson, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5Just abandoned the reason anyone would use this subpar search engine in the first place. Quite an odd decision but brain injuries are a real thing I supposed.
- by ItsAlwaysSunnyHere, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Vlad, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5DuckduckGo's popularity is largely due to the reputation of the search engine, caring for the confidentiality of its users and free from any censorship. Nevertheless, DuckduckGo deleted several large pirate sites from search results, among them The Pirate Bay, 1337x, Fmovies, Nyaa.see and LookMovie.io. Before that, you stated that you would delete from the issuance of "propaganda". I think that you yourself violate your rules and in particular Firefox policies about the free Internet.
P.S. I delete this expansion and will discourage them to enjoy your acquaintances.Developer response
posted 2 months agoThere are a number of stories circulating alleging we are purging independent media outlets and other content from our search results. These stories and the accusations are not true. If you can't find something on DuckDuckGo, please let us know what it is specifically and we'll investigate. - by Venupin, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5wanted to search for youtube-mp3 downloader, couldn't find it, found a vid talking about ddg's censoring and it all clicked together
- by Kquio, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Firefox user 16397164, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5Was a pretty decent search engine until they wanted to be Google's little brother and decided to censor searches. Stop treating people like morons. Just give us the unfiltered searches and let us deiced what we want and don't want to see.
- by Joket, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Firefox user 17370211, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5I have been trying to put duckduckgo on my laptop for the last hour and I cannot do it. Your instructions do not work. Can you send instructions to dudleyboone617@gmail.com?
- by Firefox user 17364403, 3 months agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Firefox user 17357305, 3 months agoRated 1 out of 5It started joining the rest of the group with censoring. Instead of being an unbiased search engine.
- by aa, 3 months agoRated 1 out of 5
- by MS130, 3 months agoRated 1 out of 5Dropped this search engine when it began censoring what would be shown on searches. Shame on you DDG.