Add DuckDuckGo Search to the Forums

R4356th

DuckDuckGo has a great search feature that works really well. I suggest you to add this to the feature. You (the Scratch Team) can customize it easily. Here is the link to it-
https://duckduckgo.com/search_box
The forums previously had Google CSE. Google would steal your information but DuckDuckGo will not.
Therefore, I suggest you to add DuckDuckGo Search to the forums.

KingxDylan

Support. I mainly use DuckDuckGo and it's kinda hard to find duplicates with it

kitten769

Mega Support! Why should all our information be collected while we innocently use Scratch? (even though I already have it installed) Add duckduckgo!

R4356th

KingxDylan wrote:
Support. I mainly use DuckDuckGo and it's kinda hard to find duplicates with it

kitten769 wrote:
Mega Support! Why should all our information be collected while we innocently use Scratch? (even though I already have it installed) Add duckduckgo!

Thanks to both of you!

LegoManiac04

I think DuckDuckGo would probably be our best bet. Google quite frankly can't be trusted, and the Google CSE forum search wouldn't work for everyone, as it is banned in some countries (like China).

R4356th

LegoManiac04 wrote:
I think DuckDuckGo would probably be our best bet. Google quite frankly can't be trusted, and the Google CSE forum search wouldn't work for everyone, as it is banned in some countries (like China).

Thank you!

R4356th

Google was fined for the record amount because of unfair advertising and selling user's information. If the ST can trust them then why cannot they trust DuckDuckGo?

HighFlyer222

Support. Why would we let all our information go to Google? Let us just use DuckDuckGo even if I never used it and don't know what it is lol

kitten769

HighFlyer222 wrote:
Support. Why would we let all our information go to Google? Let us just use DuckDuckGo even if I never used it and don't know what it is lol

Duckduckgo is a browser that doesn't collect your data and sell it.

Last edited by kitten769 (May 15, 2020 19:03:01)

R4356th

HighFlyer222 wrote:
Support. Why would we let all our information go to Google? Let us just use DuckDuckGo even if I never used it and don't know what it is lol

Thanks you! You can find information about them from many relevant sources in the internet.

R4356th

kitten769 wrote:
HighFlyer222 wrote:
Support. Why would we let all our information go to Google? Let us just use DuckDuckGo even if I never used it and don't know what it is lol
Duckduckgo is a browser that doesn't collect your data and it.

Not actually a browser though. It is a search engine.

kitten769

R4356th wrote:
kitten769 wrote:
HighFlyer222 wrote:
Support. Why would we let all our information go to Google? Let us just use DuckDuckGo even if I never used it and don't know what it is lol
Duckduckgo is a browser that doesn't collect your data and it.
Not actually a browser though. It is a search engine.

Yes, but there is a duckduckgo Mozilla browser extension.

R4356th

kitten769 wrote:
Yes, but there is a duckduckgo Mozilla browser extension.

Being an extension does not mean being a browser though.

kitten769

R4356th wrote:
kitten769 wrote:
Yes, but there is a duckduckgo Mozilla browser extension.
Being an extension does not mean being a browser though.

Yes, that's why I as using but as a compromise conjunction.

fdreerf

I don't really care about Google collecting data about me.
The grocery store coupon printer knows more about my shopping than I do

kitten769

fdreerf wrote:
I don't really care about Google collecting data about me.
The grocery store coupon printer knows more about my shopping than I do

It's more about who they sell the data too really.

R4356th

kitten769 wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
I don't really care about Google collecting data about me.
The grocery store coupon printer knows more about my shopping than I do
It's more about who they sell the data too really.

Yeah, Google sells your information, what your coupon will not do. The coupon does not also collect the kind of information Google collects.

kitten769

R4356th wrote:
kitten769 wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
I don't really care about Google collecting data about me.
The grocery store coupon printer knows more about my shopping than I do
It's more about who they sell the data too really.
Yeah, Google sells your information, what your coupon will not do. The coupon does not also collect the kind of information Google collects.

For example, @world_languages site, scratchstats, knows what browser and OS you are using because it purchases the information from Google.

fdreerf

kitten769 wrote:
R4356th wrote:
kitten769 wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
I don't really care about Google collecting data about me.
The grocery store coupon printer knows more about my shopping than I do
It's more about who they sell the data too really.
Yeah, Google sells your information, what your coupon will not do. The coupon does not also collect the kind of information Google collects.
For example, @world_languages site, scratchstats, knows what browser and OS you are using because it purchases the information from Google.

Nope, that's not how it works. It's publicly available information from Scratch's API and you would've found that out by going to the bottom of the page.
Plus, every webpage knows what OS/Browser you're using because it needs that info to properly display pages.
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 81.0.4044.138, No Flash version detected

Last edited by fdreerf (May 16, 2020 10:21:34)

R4356th

fdreerf wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
kitten769 wrote:
Yeah, Google sells your information, what your coupon will not do. The coupon does not also collect the kind of information Google collects.
For example, @world_languages site, scratchstats, knows what browser and OS you are using because it purchases the information from Google.
Nope, that's not how it works. It's publicly available information from Scratch's API and you would've found that out by going to the bottom of the page.
Plus, every webpage knows what OS/Browser you're using because it needs that info to properly display pages.
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 81.0.4044.138, No Flash version detected

Yeah, fdreerf is right.

Last edited by R4356th (May 16, 2020 10:32:33)

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