DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it?? [EDIT: IS BACK]

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

It's also important to note that ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo are experiencing similar issues because they use the Bing API.

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I think having all the search engines being front ends for just bing and google has just revealed an obvious weakness.

search.brave.com is independent.

I would rather have no search-capability

What wrong with brave? Never used it and don't know much about it myself

I’m not quoting an article directly or anything so there’s likely better info out there, but brave browser was built with scammy crypto bro bullshit in it, and it’s CEO, iirc, is kind of an alt-right anti LGBTQ+ general douchebag. I’m sure you could search for more on the topic if DuckDuckGo was working.