App Content Will Soon Be Available in Safari Search Results as Google Expands App Indexing to iOS 9

This would require that I switch back to Google search from DuckDuckGo.

No thanks.

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They already do this for Amazon and Yelp. Not a fan. At least give us a choice whether webpages open in Safari or open an app.

Mind if I ask why you use DDG?

Bangs, privacy, and they accept pull requests.

1 - Example, type "!py split" and it'll jump straight to the Python documentation for splitting. "!a MacBook Pro" and it'll jump straight to the MacBook Pro on Amazon. "!w iPhone" and it'll jump straight to the page on the iPhone on Wikipedia. There are thousands of bangs. Do !bangs if you want to see the full list.

2 - They don't track who you are. They don't filter your results based on who you are (************************** is actually BS - because Google shows different people different things, you don't know whether someone else could have actually reached a page via Google.) Even if you're fine with Google having 600 pages worth of information on you, keep in mind that nothing is unhackable. Sooner or later, Google is going to be hacked, or there will be a malicious employee, and those novels of data that they have on you is going to hit the black market. Your SSN, address, high school, birthday, birth town, parents, employer, car, license plate, salary, etc. There's more than enough for someone to call your bank, prove that they're you, and drain your accounts. Duck Duck Go doesn't store your info. Ads are based on your current search topic and nothing more. They don't serve ads to other people, so they won't track you from page to page the way Google will. They won't read your email the way Google will.

3 - Duck Duck Go allows anyone to contribute. I personally added !python27. Other things people have added are "Regex cheat sheet" and "timer".

I don't understand why everyone is so willing to kill the web in favor of apps.

That trope has been going on for as long as the web has existed, just about. I remember when Facebook took off and the FB apps started to appear. Some columnist said that it was going to be the way we used the internet, period. No one would ever fire up a browser again.

Personally, I only want a browser. I really don't care for apps that replace any of the web experience. I use browser-based forums instead of Tapatalk, and I will leave any forum that replaces their forums with Discus or the Google equivalent. I especially despise apps that add "milestones" to try to get people to register them. For example, I installed a Craigslist app so I could search easily across a greater area. It started telling me to register an account so I could take advantage of all the milestones I had achieved with my browsing. "Turn your points into money!!!11" They of course leave out that important first step of converting my personal data into points.

sounds good. waiting for the day a browser is barely neccessary anymore to use the net

I don't understand why everyone is so willing to kill the web in favor of apps.