DuckDuckRip - How to screw your userbase

thescrrr said:
So you deleted a browser you liked because you can’t read Russian fake news?
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No, it's becuase they won't let you have the freedom to decide what type of news to read in the first place LMAO.
Most people who use duckduckgo are probably smart enough to fact-check their own shit, and this undermines the entire "private browser" and the idea of an unbiased search engine that doesn't meddle with your shit/info, like what they're basically doing to innocent Russian citizens right now. (even if that isn't what they directly said, it's insinuated to me, might be wrong).

EDIT: TLDR; Give people a choice of what they want to consume regarding news, most especially in this context are smart enough to fact-check and make their own decisions.
 
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Everybody said they are sick of the war, which is fair but it's this war is not even 1 month old.
this will be the shortest war in europe history

Now, did you have the same energy for WAR in Iraq, or in Libya, or in Afghanistan, or in Syria, or in Venezuela which fail miserably ?

when Israel recognize golan Height as their own territory which was stolen from Syria, where were Duckduckgo ?
where were the international community outrage ? it was definitely not to the level of support for Ukraine, I can tell you that much
 
G said:
Yeah, nothing surprises me anymore.

There are affiliate sites that block the money of all russian affiliates and then donate it to Ukraine.

Welcome 2022.
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Funny thing is that when it was NATO/US starting wars in Libya / Syria / Iraq etc none of this happened. The double standards are crazy
 
Y'all are really surprised a Western company is acting pro-West? :D

Might I suggest using Yandex or Baidu if y'all want "the other side"?

I'll continue to use DDG :)
 
Just saw about Datify...what a fraud. How dare they take the revenue of the webmaster and "donate" them to someone? Also ridiculous, they donate it to the ARMY and not even to refugees or whatever. Wtf? Who the heck came up with this absolutely ridiculous and criminal decision? I would sue the shit out of them right away

The same goes for DuckDuckGo. They had one job: To stay neutral, no censorship, privacy, etc. and now they are acting like "Big Brother" and what to decide for you what is "propaganda" or "fake news" and what is not. How about the CEO? He watched CNN or whatever all day and then felt bad about it and decided "Ohhh no...my search engine shouldn't be a tool for misinformation", then he is a very bad CEO and he has no clue about his userbase.

The problem I have with this decision is: It is really low-resolution thinking. Same as for this Datify scam. What is he thinking?! So they are against Russian disinformation, ok. So western media doesn't spread any misinformation? If they do, will they censor them as well? If not, why? What about climate change? Elections? Pandemics? Pharma? etc. things are going downhill pretty fast from thereon.

I don't understand how businesses feel obligated to take a stance and show their "solidarity" with something or someone. Its business, after all, nothing else. Why do they have to become politicial?
 
R4v3nbl4ck said:
DuckDuckGo once offered unbiased search results. Now they went full Google.
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They have more than 100 employees and none of them could say: "wait a moment buddy, this is not going to turn out well, it will destroy our unique selling point and we will lose a shit ton of customers".

It's amazing how businesses and CEOs are ready to destroy their own business and are willing to lose revenue just for ideology. These guys are destroying their own reputation and credibility.
 
nakamura said:
They have more than 100 employees and none of them could say: "wait a moment buddy, this is not going to turn out well, it will destroy our unique selling point and we will lose a shit ton of customers".

It's amazing how businesses and CEOs are ready to destroy their own business and are willing to lose revenue just for ideology. These guys are destroying their own reputation and credibility.
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It's just so insane what they are doing, a lot of these companies have shareholders they are responsible to. Yet they are acting like emotional sheep doing whatever other emotional sheep are doing.

On the other hand the actions of these businesses make it easier to launch competitors. Most of them were stupid anyway before all this, and left money on the table. How could so many channels on Youtube be "not advertiser friendly" yet at the same time have sponsors for their videos. How many startups bleed money like crazy because they go and decide to locate themselves in Los Angeles or New York because it's "hip" to be there.
 
nakamura said:
They have more than 100 employees and none of them could say: "wait a moment buddy, this is not going to turn out well, it will destroy our unique selling point and we will lose a shit ton of customers".

It's amazing how businesses and CEOs are ready to destroy their own business and are willing to lose revenue just for ideology. These guys are destroying their own reputation and credibility.
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True, but I think they are now corrupted or sold. People on Reddit claim DuckDuckGo started advertising on radio. It's not a good sign. They became too mainstream and some powerful shareholders told them what to do.
 
R4v3nbl4ck said:
True, but I think they are now corrupted or sold. People on Reddit claim DuckDuckGo started advertising on radio. It's not a good sign. They became too mainstream and some powerful shareholders told them what to do.
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They are a private company, so the CEO can act like an idiot as much as he wants and there are no shareholders or board to stop him.
 
nakamura said:
Just saw about Datify...what a fraud. How dare they take the revenue of the webmaster and "donate" them to someone? Also ridiculous, they donate it to the ARMY and not even to refugees or whatever. Wtf? Who the heck came up with this absolutely ridiculous and criminal decision? I would sue the shit out of them right away
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Who even knows if they are actually donating it, and not just keeping it for themselves under the guise of acting so concerned for others?
 
Lolz me still using Firefox & Edge.
 
Many of us when we need a product we search in the search engine , but for the search engine, we are it's product. We are a product for the search engine. But, yes as per how "climate" is , search engines may decide to go to the left or to the right or to the front or to the back.
No matter which search engine , one thing is for sure ... the best hiding place for a dead body is really on the 2nd page of a search engine or beyond ( SEO masters know what this means ).
 
People talking about propaganda here need to understand, every country does it, pushing their narrative. Propaganda is a Geo-politics tool and media houses are a part of it. If you actually believe everything that your own media feeds you then the joke is on you.
 
i personally like this decision. yes it should be THE unaligned search engine with objective results, but with something like war it's totally excusable. no war should be happening at any time in the world, and i believe anything that can help stop it just a little bit should be done.

if russian affiliates cant get paid, yes its bad for them but if enough citizens get angry, eventually they will take out their leadership with police and army helping, they are people too.

duckduckgo wants to be the "no sided" search engine. but when it's a fucking war in modern age, it's completely justifiable to alter the results. their ideals should not be higher than basic human rights, which i like they are not.
 
Gramified said:
People talking about propaganda here need to understand, every country does it, pushing their narrative. Propaganda is a Geo-politics tool and media houses are a part of it. If you actually believe everything that your own media feeds you then the joke is on you.
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Yes, exactly...and that's the problem: Everyone does it, but they only block russian propaganda. I mean, there is so much misinformation going on everywhere. Even big media outlets are doing it all the time. Yet, they are untouchable or allowed to do it. But DuckDuckGo and all the other puppets are just one-sided. They don't want to prevent "misinformation" they want to censor Russian media outlets. They don't want people to read other news/opinions. They only want us to read CNN, and all the others, which are also doing the same thing like the Russians do, but just with a different ideology/interests/etc. People are not so stupid, it is obvious what this is about
 
Guys remember governments have the power to shut down bank accounts if you go the against the current narrative .Duckduckgo is a business
 
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