Honestly I find it quite useful, and I’m glad they found a way to do it with increased privacy. I will only use duck.ai if I want to use an AI tool.
But I can understand some people wanting it off entirely so hats off to DDG for keeping that as a core feature.
Hey it’s a group chat with my grandma ಠ_ಠ
Nice! Just shared this (as a PDF without the domain name lol) with my family!
Per the article, it seems Visa has already stopped this practice. I think they’re calling out Mastercard as the other top player in the consumer credit card space (I doubt Amex has quite the market dominance Visa / MC do, especially overseas).
Full fat article version
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5369404/google-doj-opening-statements-remedies-trial