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"textContent": "anonymous549:\n\n> will ever have mass appeal\n\nDon’t think its supposed to. It serves a different purpose for those who like such a product for all that it can do. It’s not just a simple search engine. You do get features and additional features as products too.\n\nanonymous549:\n\n> Free search engines are just too ingrained in the public mindset.\n\nFree email too. But people are starting to learn it’s not good for them or their privacy. What they don’t know is how best to move away from it to better options that doesn’t cost them too much - in time or in money. And that’s where the mission and vision for all the privacy products we love come in, don’t it.",
"title": "DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search"
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