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DuckDuckGo Private Browser App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Hope it’s 5 stars again soon, but….…. for the time being it’s 3 stars ( hopefully temporarily only). I had to uninstall the app as it drained my iPhone rapidly in the background. Could see it in the Battery stats, and since I uninstalled DuckDuckGo, the battery usage dropped by over 50% overnight/12 hour period..Version: 7.85.0
✓ Pro CensorshipSwitched to Brave..Version: 7.65.13
✓ Garbage CEOThis browser was supposed to be private and unbiased in searches. Ranking search results according to what someone or some organization think what is ok and what isn’t seems like an oxymoron decision for this browser. Becoming a propaganda tool..Version: 7.65.12
✓ Very buggy on iPad; OK on iPhoneFor iPad, the widgets are great and generally make this browser come out on top. The search + bookmarks widget is actually the only reason I still use this browser at this point, despite the bugs. There is a really annoying bug that causes all links to open in new tabs when clicked after you've used the browser for a while. I don't know the exact steps to reproduce, but this happens all the time: I'm browsing around sites, and eventually all links I click are opened in new tabs that are not focused on click–so it looks like nothing is happening, and I have to go switch tabs manually. The behavior stops for a while if I force quit & relaunch the app. This issue has persisted for a long time and is pretty debilitating from a usability standpoint. Another bug: the URL bar becomes unusable (unable to be focused) on iPad. You click the bar (i.e. with magic keyboard trackpad), and nothing happens. You have to open a new tab and focus it to use the URL bar. This bug has also persisted for a very long time. It's like nobody who develops this thing actually uses it on an iPad..Version: 7.101.0
✓ Good, could use more featuresI want to start off by saying this browser is the best single browser I’ve found for the iPad. The bar at the top with buttons and the search bar doesn’t take up a lot of space, and the desktop mode always works well, unlike with Safari. The browser looks nice and is quick. There are two features I feel that are missing, one necessity and one nice to have. First - the reason this review doesn’t have 4 stars - I cant set DuckDuckGo as the default for opening hyperlinks on my iPad. When I click a link in my email and a box shows up it only gives me the choice of safari or chrome, and I don’t even have chrome installed. If and when DuckDuckGo can be set as a default for this, I will update this review to 4 stars gladly. Aside from that, the only feature I feel this browser is missing from pushing it to perfection is some easy gesture based system of switching tabs. The button in the bottom right hand corner is fine and logical, but some more touch friendly and quicker way to switch tabs would make this browser much better. That’s it. If it gets those two features it would be perfect and I would update this review to 5 stars..Version: 7.12.0
✓ FakeHow come it has more better reviews than google it’s kinda trash also tracks ur location and what ya doing just warning young users out there.Version: 7.62.1
✓ 10+Yrs & Still No Basic “NIGHT or READER MODE”….FOR THOSE OF US WITH VISION PROBLEMS. Why is it that nearly every other competing iOS browser offers the built-in WebKit night mode. You can simply copy it from Firefox iOS or even Brave, or a whole list of other browsers that have all shown that they truly care about their users, who suffer from any kind of visual impairment or disability. DDG I’ve been waiting for this basic feature/function as a day one user who installed you’re app the very first day that it was made available for the iPhone. Which is why I say that I’ve been waiting for over 10 years for you guys to please have some compassion and at least respond and explain yourself. Or maybe you have and you can simply point me to that information. Sorry, one last thing that I almost forgot; Apple’s iOS built in “smart invert“ does not function smoothly at all, and should not be what DuckDuckGo uses as an excuse to not add this very basic feature that nearly all other browsers already have. I’m not saying you have, but just in case..Version: 7.81.0
✓ Google sucksWas a very good search engine till google got their grimy corporate hands on it, now its only a matter of time till this too is censored by the abhorrent tax avoiding company known as google.Version: 7.65.8
✓ Not as good as you thinkI follow privacy closely, and you’re just the easiest best option to the even worse platforms. But you don’t fool me…you don’t care about my privacy..Version: 7.70.18
✓ No longer unfilteredDuckDuckGo has began censoring their search results similarly to Google and Bing, in a complete 180 on their previous pledges to their users. This combined with worsening search quality and the poor quality apps has become too much for me personally. Privacy alone isn’t something that DuckDuckGo can sell as a feature anymore since various other privacy-first search engines like Brave Search, Ecosia, SearX, etc, that offer more than just “we don’t track you except for when we use analytics we don’t let you turn off”. Addendum: Thanks for responding to literally nothing I said. If DuckDuckGo is so focused on privacy then why does your in-house forced analytics not allow me to see search results if I try to protect my privacy by blocking it.Version: 7.65.13
✓ No more twitter (x)Since yesterday's update, cannot open twitter (x) in duckduckgo as it's no longer compatible...so duckduckgo is no longer compatible for me to use..Version: 7.101.0
✓ Not privateThey are selling your info to Microsoft.Version: 7.67.5
✓ Searches are visible in SafariNotice when I come to do a search in safari , it deployed the search history of DuckDuckGo !! So Apple knows what you looked for and keeps the history of it !.Version: 7.12.0
✓ CensorshipUsed to be good, now Duckduck Go caters to propaganda and allows the government dictate the censorship of the truth. Shameful. Deleted..Version: 7.66.2
✓ Too clunky and features feel incomplete in descriptionI wanna love this, I’ve used it for years but it’s just too clunky. I don’t like having to struggle to effectively open links in new tabs when half the time it doesn’t respond properly. Additionally, there’s no point in “fireproofing” websites because the tabs you want to keep from them disappear when fireproofed away. Maybe it’s me misunderstanding but it says you’ll stay signed in and the data won’t be erased but how can I keep the tabs straight if there’s no history or access for tabs from fireproofed websites. I shouldn’t have to use bookmarks or favorites to get some semblance of a history. There should be fireproofed windows then…I get this is for privacy and privacy in this setting means no history but that’s dumb. What if I was price watching a product and used fireproofing to ensure that exact tab was still active? I just think your descriptions of features needs to be improved..Version: 7.72.10
✓ DisappointingHave some respect for your users intelligence to disseminate whether information is correct for themselves, stop downvoting information you don’t like! I don’t use DuckDuckGo because I want the same rubbish google give us. I’m out, going to use brave instead..Version: 7.65.12
✓ It’s okayLately, I’ve been finding it quite slow and thus forced to use another browser. Also, the theme is stays dark in the Brave app and does not switch over to light mode even though I switch everything off and select light mode..Version: 7.101.0
✓ Google owned garbage!!!Research this a little more people..Version: 7.72.3
✓ Uses Microsoft trackers?“DuckDuckGo browser uses Microsoft trackers due to search agreement” - May 24, 2022. This is not the privacy focus DuckDuckGo markets itself as having. Bye bye..Version: 7.67.8
✓ Keeps resetting settingsI moved away from google search because I didn’t want to feel I was being manipulated, but now I am getting the same feeling when using DuckDuckGo. I keep having to go into the settings on a weekly or biweekly basis to turn off privacy suggestions and prompts to use DuckDuckGo in my browser, etc because the app turns back on the settings that I have specifically turned off (many many times now). What is the point of turning off features and saving the changes only to have them reset to ON when the company feels like it? Shady practices are happening too often now, this will push me away as a user..Version: 7.54.0
✓ Allows Microsoft to track some of your data nowTitle says it all, immediately switching to Brave now.Version: 7.67.5
✓ Primarily for US usersI set the preference for Canada, I include Canada as a search term but I still get the .com version of major sites rather than .ca. Of course minor sites will be more often American than Canadian as well so in many circumstances the whole effort is a waste of time..Version: 7.71.4
✓ Too much censorshipToo much censorship with DuckDuckGo. They do not encourage free speech..Version: 7.67.0
✓ Not the best search engineIf you want a truly safe search engine. Switch to Brave. Unfortunately, DuckDuckGo is not as safe as they claim it is and recently they have started censoring certain information that we can see..Version: 7.65.12
✓ How to stop photos accessApp bypassing the content&privacy settings and directly jumps into photo access even though everything is turned off this need to fixed.Version: 7.94.0
✓ Could be my main browser, but…This app is really nice and I feel very safe while using it. The setup is laid back and easy to use. Some features I find really enjoyable is when you visit a site it shows how many trackers were deterred and clearing tabs and data is super easy. If you are looking for something to make you feel safe and secure while browsing, this app is for you. The only thing I dislike is this app will ask you to make DuckDuckGo your main browser on iOS, but it will not let you download a PDF and various other files nor does it give the option to save anything to files or iCloud. If you want something to be your main browser but won’t be ok with it not downloading certain files, saving to a cloud, or remembering usernames, passwords and so on… This app is not for you. This app is good for those ducks who go, go, go while staying under the tracker’s radar, but not good for those ducks wanting to settle in, do their main functions while staying under the radar..Version: 7.64.7
✓ EhWas good in the beginning now I get constantly bombarded with ads and popups.Version: 7.101.0
✓ Bought by googleThis app has Ben bought by google do not use it it is not secure and is no longer safe as of dec 15 2020.Version: 7.65.1
✓ BugsI like the principle behind this app but the issue I keep having are driving me insane. Sometimes when I’m on a page an scroll down the tabs at the top disappear. Not usually a problem as it means the screen is more focused on the page. The problem is when I want to go back a page or look at another tab because now I can’t get the top to come back down. I’m scrolling up and down, flicking like mad but still stuck. I’m forced to click a link to something I have no interest in just to get the top back. This feels like such a stupid bug and I hope it gets fixed soon.Version: 7.62.5
✓ Stop hackers or trackersI am hoping to build up a group of good people who can help find the right people who can fright for people rights to do with being hacked or tracked online because we all pay for are phone bills and are bills being online so we all should be free to go on whatever websites we all choose and I just want to find the right people who fight for people rights law wise the right away so people like hackers and trackers can’t keep getting away with runnier people phones and internet devices because they get away with it because not everyone understands about hackers and trackers or even knows about them and that’s why the bad people get away with it so often because people don’t know how to fight it by law the right way and that’s why I am hoping the right people will read this and help to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves and to stop bully’s because this is a from of bullying to a degree I hope this helps others and you are not alone no more I am here if you need advice.Version: 7.95.0
✓ 🤔 ???Ok upon looking at many reviews on the best browser to use that was safe I downloaded 🦆🦆 Go, but lately I had something very not right going on When I tried to open facebook on the browser I got the message that I was not able to login due to logging in to fast 🤔 ?? Tried even going through bing through 🦆🦆 go and still couldn’t get in, but I tried a couple of other browsers that I have to use and had no problems logging in to my facebook account 🤔 ??? so that means it was the 🦆🦆 go browser that was the problem I just about deleted the app due the situation but I didn’t 🙄 so today I get the notice to update and so I did with no real care to use the app anymore Well I updated the app & now it’s working normally 🤔 ??? 1st thing that comes to mind when something like that happens is the app has been hacked and the hacker is messing around so then I just stop using whatever app it is and even delete them like I did with calendar 📆 So not sure what happened with the update, but I’ll put the app on parole for now and see if it stays working right or goes back to stopping me from accessing facebook again If it does then I’ll just copy my bookmarks then transfer them to a better browser then delete 🦆🦆 Go 🙄 weird how such a browser with good reviews is not making me feel safe using it So for now it’s rating is 3 🌟 that might change either way just going to see how it does from now on.Version: 7.65.1
✓ Sell outs!This search engine was a godsend when looking for alternative news sources that are more likely to offer truth than the MSM. But sadly, those days are gone. This news saddened me that DDG have now decided to block the independent media and favour the mainstream outlets! Shame on you! This is financial suicide for your business model! You are digging your own grave with this sudden jump onto the censorship bandwagon. Free speech and access to all information is the bedrock to any democracy and you have chosen to sell out to the big corporate monsters. After I have recommended your app and search engine to hundreds of people! Never again! Shame on you! I know at least 30 people who are deleting your app immediately. Me being one of them! Shame on you! Absolutely disgraceful..Version: 7.66.2
✓ BEEN SOLD TO GOOGLE… NOT PRIVATEThis browser has been hacked by the virus that is the elites..Version: 7.72.13
✓ DuckDuckGone *deleted*DuckDuckGo was the best option out of all the main search engines… until they started getting involved in politics. The CEO and company lack integrity and have decided to make it harder to find the obscure (truth) articles that were missing from Google and Bing search results. Deleted from all devices and will use Brave search until I find something better. The DuckDuckGo app was never anything special but I installed it in support of their search engine. I no longer support them so have no use for the app anymore. 1 star because it’s not possible to give 0 if leaving a comment..Version: 7.67.1
✓ DDG is becoming junk… and hence I am seriously considering dumping it. Two days ago all my tabs disappeared (and no, I did NOT accidentally press the flame button and the accidentally confirmed) and were replaced by “Private tabs” I hav important info there and I need to get my browsing history back but there’s no way to do it. On top of that - you go to ddg help pages - there’s nothing there on the topic of private/incognito browsing. One would think that a browser that brags so much about protecting privacy should have a page on their private tabs feature in the Help. Oh wait there an “ask the community” let’s go there. Surprise- it redirects you to reddit and (unpleasant) surprise- reddit won’t open in the DDG browser and tells you to open it in safari or install their app! So the DDG community is on a service which shuns DDG?? I would REALLY like to hear back from the DDG team , at least on the topic of my normal tabs coz like I said - I am seriously thinking of dumping it..Version: 7.99.0
✓ They’re downranking sites based on their feelingsSadly, DDG has decided to downrank sites based on “disinformation” which we all know is define by companies that jump on board as anything they FEEL doesn’t match up to the lying news. They’ve lied to Americans for decades and yet, people don’t learn. Now, a once trusted site and company has decided to do the same. Whatever they decide is dis or misinformation, they don’t trust you and have to add their two cents in to control what you see. Propaganda much? They believe what they think is correct and you’re too dumb to see through lies and so they must control your searches to keep you in check with what they want you to see. In the trash goes this app as well as their search engine. Everyone should be wanting privacy but also to find and use companies that do not insert their politics nor feelings into everything. Maybe DDG will change their minds and stay neutral. Companies never learn their lesson though. DDG claims they’re not going political but then says they downgrade sites of lower quality? LOL That’s their excuse of removing whatever they choose is “disinformation”. This is a joke..Version: 7.65.13
✓ Biased resultsDuckDuckGo used to commit to unbiased and uncensored search results. Now they’ve shown their hand and censoring conservatives (their main customers). Despite the search engine being mediocre I still used it to support them because of their claim to be unbiased. Deleting all apps and changing to Brave..Version: 7.65.12
✓ Now the same as Google :(DuckDuckGo used to be so good, but it has now embraced censorship just like Google. If you want a search engine that shows you everything available and let’s you decide what you want to view, then this is not the app for you. I no longer recommend this anymore..Version: 7.66.0
✓ Go woke go broke #DuckDuckGo I go on Search engines to search not for opinionsI have 30,000 followers on social media platforms I am pushing them to delete DuckDuckgo You have become a woke lefty organisation. The very reason I switched to your browser Let me ask you a question… You see that there is a global monopoly which censorssearch results on the internet, and you see that scoresof people are complaining about this, so much so that politicians are beginning to take notice. Being the industrious go-getter that you are, you decide to do something about it and start your own search engine which emphasizes uncensored search results and privacy from 3rd party ads. Against all odds, your search engine takes off to much fanfare; people love the uncensored search results, and they really like not seeing all those pesky advertisements too…. Trending: UPDATE: Did We Find Fauci? Then just as quickly as lightning strikes, a petrodollar war breaks out, and you decide to royally screw yourself by getting on Twitter and announcing that you are going to do the exact same thing that global monopoly did—censor results. Doesn’t make any sense does it? Yet this is exactly what Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, just did in a series of tweets. Weinberg was met with scores of people disavowing his product and his company, and if you don’t believe me just click on his Tweets and read the comments—none of them are positive..Version: 7.65.13
✓ No font size optionsI always have to default back to using Safari as iPhone web browser (where I have DDG set as search engine). This specific DDG app is sending me back to reuse Safari (per above) solely because unlike Safari, DDG doesn’t enable individual users the option (top left side of address / search bar) to individually increase / decrease font size. Great app yet for this reason alone, I must now leave this App - for Safari yet again as homestay - simply because Safari empower me with basic choice ....to be able to alter see & critically read, font of each page visiting. If you rectify via inclusion, then ‘...I’ll be back...’.Version: 7.62.1
✓ Browser freezes after recent updatePages become unresponsive out of the blue on both iPhone and iPad Pro. iOS 14. Please look into this..Version: 7.62.1
✓ CensorshipI have been extremely happy with DDG, but now I just found out that they have started down ranking sites solely because they deem them “misinformation”. I am perfectly capable of reading an article and deciding for myself if they are lying to me not, and I do not my browser to do that for me. Just show me the results that most closely match the words in my search and keep your opinion on if something is misinformation or not out of the equation. They were also accused of discriminatory hiring practices, but from what I can see they never responded to say if that was misinformation or not. So, you guys want to decide what is or isn’t “misinformation” on the internet, but then someone accuses you of discrimination and you won’t even respond? Why didn’t you come out and say the accusation was misinformation? Makes me think it could be true if you aren’t denying it happened. I’m going to try Brave Privacy Browser, I haven’t heard anything bad about them yet. How many users will you need to lose before you stop censoring information?.Version: 7.67.0
✓ I want to like itI really do. I’ve been using it for several months now. Unfortunately I am just about at my wits end. Every single solitary page I ever load ever ever ever refreshes after 30 to 60 seconds. Maybe I could handle a refresh after one or two seconds but I will be halfway through logging into something or making a post and Bam it refreshes me and I have to start over. If I were just casually reading different websites maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal but I can’t tell you how many hundreds of forms I’ve had to fill out at least two and sometimes three or four times. Just load the stupid page! I have about learned that I have to wait a good while after every page I load to make sure that it’s not going to refresh me. I get that maybe you’re blocking cookies are trackers and maybe that’s why but it’s extremely annoying to have to start over whatever I’m doing EVERY SINGLE TIME. Also “feature” or not I really really really hate that “new tab” button. I accidentally hit it multiple times a day. I also don’t like not having a good history back button. Sometimes I lose a page and then I can never go back to where I was and I have to start my searches all over again..Version: 7.65.2
✓ Keep crushing on iPhone 6I was thrilled on the idea of using my DuckDuckGo app, since the beginning it always has been very slow to open, now after few months it’s impossible to open, it just crushes alla the time and I don’t have access to it. Dumb me I deleted all my bookmarks from safari so now I can’t retrieve them (and it was a long process because DuckDuckGo doesn’t even import bookmarks). I be done all recent updates hoping the bugs to be fixed but it’s going worse and worse.Version: 7.62.1
✓ Excellent private search engineExcellent search engine and private thanks. One very minor point… the taskbar at the bottom shouldn’t change shape. It gives a really cheap feel to the app Also the “done” button shouldn’t change position when editing bookmarks. Just makes it disconcerting and not intuitive usage. Also some buttons are delayed in their ability to be pressed. It’s frustrating and not snappy..Version: 7.68.7
✓ Disingenuous duck duck go gone gone goneClassic bait and switch… set yourselves up as a censorship free environment and then, when everyone has jumped on board, change policies and start censoring results!! Classic Silicon Valley turdmongering. From your response to reviews I can see you are denying this, but if anyone is in any doubt check it out for yourselves. Do a non-ddg search for It. You’ll soon find plenty of evidence. Especially if you do a deep dive on the founder, one G Weinberg and his Twitter acct. They keep banging on about privacy being their priority, but what use is that if the search results have been “filtered” after al??!! Deleted never to return.Version: 7.67.7
✓ Big brother is watchingWorse browser you can download. Duck duck go once promoted itself as a safe place to surf the web without censorship by giving you full freedom and responsibility. Now it censors everything, watches you. You are now they’re 5 year old child Don’t use Duck Duck Go.Version: 7.66.3
✓ Good, but one really annoying bug.Like the security and anti-tracking, search engine is decent but takes some getting used vs Google (image search is very sub-par) but happy compromise for not been tracked. Main bug though is when using the back button, it often takes you back to the top of the previous page - really annoying when just clicking a link in a story that you want to return to reading. Similarly, and even weirder, sometimes when clicking a link to a new page, it will open that at the bottom?? Please fix..Version: 7.97.2
✓ Every Update Makes It WorseI loved this browser for a long time but it’s just gotten worse and worse with age. Most recently with the last update I’ve completely lost the ability to open anything in a new tab. Finally gave up and deleted it, time to find a good browser again..Version: 7.61.0
✓ Ad blocker missingAlso latest updates Nov 2020 broke “open in new tab” and “open new tab in background” - please fix asap, even in older versions it was temperamental and wouldn’t always give the new tab options, but now it’s completely gone ☹️.Version: 7.59.0
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