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I wish that DuckDuckGo would focus more on their search engine. DuckDuckHack was responsible for instant answers, but they discontinued it in favor of developing their browser extension.

https://duckduckhack.com/

Their browser extension sucks. It’s just a bunch of different privacy extensions (Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, TOSDR) which have been watered down and mashed together. And it automatically changes your default search engine to DDG, which was the real intent for developing the extension all along.

Instant answers are important. Ever search for the definition of a word (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=assonance), or want to set a timer (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=timer)? These were made possible by DuckDuckHack. Now they are stuck; they cannot be changed, and no new ones can be created.




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