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Duck Duck Go browser available for Windows (duckduckgo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Just figured this might be some welcome news to shout out from the crow's nest. Haven't tried it yet myself, so would love some feedback, me hearties!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

They're using whatever's built into the OS, because they don't want to be just another Chromium fork

EDIT - to clarify: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/

Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses “the underlying operating system rendering API” rather than its own forked browser code. That’s “a Windows WebView2 call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath,” according to DuckDuckGo’s blog post. Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re using whatever’s built into the OS

looks at Edge

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but isn't that just more Chromium?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not misunderstanding at all, and you're exactly right:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/duckduckgo-offers-its-privacy-centered-browser-in-a-windows-open-beta/

Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses "the underlying operating system rendering API" rather than its own forked browser code. That's "a Windows WebView2 call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath," according to DuckDuckGo's blog post. Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they are wanting to be privacy focused, why use Chromium? It's a data hover extraordinaire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't that a Chrome/Chromium distinction?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So on Windows its Edge, so its another chrome client?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Basically yes but only because that's what Windows ships with nowadays.