AI vs. Privacy: DuckDuckGo's Growth Amid Antitrust Challenges

DuckDuckGo reported 33% weekly iOS install growth, peaking at 69.9% on May 25.
AI-free search page (noai.duckduckgo.com) saw 22.7% weekly growth, peaking at 27.7% on May 24.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg criticized Google's AI integration as 'force-feeding AI with no opt-out.'. DuckDuckGo holds 2% of U.S. search market via privacy features like IP stripping and 30-day chat deletion.
Users are actively switching from Google to DuckDuckGo amid antitrust scrutiny.
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