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> DuckDuckGo isn't that good

Myself and others who use it daily would disagree.

> it's no different than others

By definition of how it works it's different.

With a decent content blocker in safari none of the social media buttons can "track" you.




Annoyingly, Apple recently removed the means to block such tracking from apps as well:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-cracking-down-on-...

I went back to Android so I can continue to do that, as well as using Firefox plugins. This is a bit of a nuisance as the Apple Watch was rather good.


>Annoyingly, Apple recently removed the means to block such tracking from apps as well:

IMO, it's right decision. Blocking via VPN is a privacy nightmare. They can intercept all traffic.


Such applications are not necessarily a problem - take a look at this Android one, for example:

https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66

In any case it should be up to the owner of the device if they wish to do this sort of thing rather than Apple.




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