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minus-squareviq@social.hackerspace.pllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@Byter DDG claims 13.5k existing bangs, and here’s a form to add a new one https://duckduckgo.com/newbang @SoftestVoid
minus-squareByter@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBut they don’t allow bangs for sites that do illegal things like copyright infringement. Libgen was my example.
minus-squareviq@social.hackerspace.pllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@Byter allowing illegal stuff *and* taking money doesn’t bode that well for their longevity.
minus-squareByter@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCustom bangs are private to the user. It’s not dissimilar to saving a bookmark in your browser, except your bookmarks are hosted by someone else. It doesn’t have to be about legality either. Maybe you like a service that is being protested by DDG for whatever reason.
@Byter
DDG claims 13.5k existing bangs, and here’s a form to add a new one https://duckduckgo.com/newbang
@SoftestVoid
But they don’t allow bangs for sites that do illegal things like copyright infringement. Libgen was my example.
@Byter allowing illegal stuff *and* taking money doesn’t bode that well for their longevity.
Custom bangs are private to the user. It’s not dissimilar to saving a bookmark in your browser, except your bookmarks are hosted by someone else.
It doesn’t have to be about legality either. Maybe you like a service that is being protested by DDG for whatever reason.