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So the extension route is literally just a permission layer to add an item to the search engine list that looks and acts like the others, most notably having an icon instead of the plain 🔍 that FF doesn't let you change for some reason. (The bulk of the XPI is image files.)

I *think* not allowing javascript and being sent to the pure html version of the site might also do this? You probably lose some functionality you'd *want* that way as well, but eh, good enough for me.

that's true; but i think also, all this extension does it set that up. actually (checks) also has options for running in private windows and on sites with restrictions.

it just asks you if you want to change your search engine to noai.duckduckgo.com while also adding tracking to ddg's site so they know ur using the extension big nothingburger basically

On one hand, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and say it’s for accessibility, because not everyone knows that you can even change the search engine in Chrome (you can). But on the other… DDG is too big now and it smells fishy when they have AI on their default search engine. Idk.

THANK YOU. I was failing to add this last night and didn't know there was an extension at the end.

yeah welcome to popular "privacy focused" software

A reminder that these guys also said your info stays private and ran their entire business model off that to then sell your information to Microsoft.