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   Tokyo By Bike (tokyobybike@famichiki.jp)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 20:36:19 JST Tokyo By Bike

   Wait. If a Microsoft outage takes down DuckDuckGo, why am I using DuckDuckGo?

   https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-outage-affects-bing-copilot-duckduckgo-and-chatgpt-internet-search/

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     🌈☔🌦️🍄 (dect: 6664) (wmd@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 20:36:19 JST 🌈☔🌦️🍄 (dect: 6664)

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     @tokyobybike ddg is a privacy enhancing front end for bing. They're still bing results, but your personal data doesn't get shared with bing. It's pretty much the case with all alternative "search engines", they'll be a front for one of the big players. It's sad, but still a benefit.