Twitter boss Jack Dorsey ditches Google for privacy-focused rival DuckDuckGo
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed his preference for using the DuckDuckGo search engine rather than Google. A recent study commissioned by DuckDuckGo found that smartphone users would be far more likely to choose Google alternatives if they were offered a search preference menu when they opened their internet browser. When given the option of either four search engines or eight search engines, DuckDuckGo was the second most popular choice behind Google. “Google’s pervasiveness in search is difficult to dissipate; the company has many levers that exert magnetic forces, pulling people into its search engine.” Last year, DuckDuckGo revealed underhand tactics Google used to maintain its near-monopolistic position over the global search engine market.
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