• hypelightfly
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    1 year ago

    I have a phone with stock android 13, which would be the same experience as a Pixel or other stock android phone.

    Here’s the process for me:

    1. Tap chrome
    2. Tap vertical … menu
    3. Tap settings
    4. Tap search engine (it’s the top option under basic settings and visible without scrolling)
    5. Tap DuckDuckGo (or bing or whatever)

    Definitely not 30-50 steps on a phone setup by Google. Only real complaint is it can’t be changed from the search field itself.

    • @lustrum@sh.itjust.works
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      71 year ago

      Nope. The pixel phones have a Google widget on the homescreen that cannot be removed.

      I have a pixel and it would be those steps +

      Open Google play, find a launcher, find a new search provider. Set new launcher as default, insert new search provider widget. Probably missed a few steps.

      • junderwood
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        61 year ago

        Yeah, that was my experience as well as a Pixel user. That said, it didn’t take too long to just finally switch to Firefox, Nova launcher, and Duck Duck Go. Mostly painless, and I’m over 40 👴

        • @lustrum@sh.itjust.works
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          41 year ago

          I’ve done all but the launcher. The gestures became super choppy with another launcher (nova).

          I have put a FF search bar above the Google one and I just ignore it.

          • KSP Atlas
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            21 year ago

            I personally use kiss launcher, bit of a different paradigm to regular ones but i like it

          • Raineacha
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            11 year ago

            I’ve been using Niagara on my pixel 7. It takes a bit to get used to, but is so much cleaner. Add that with a browser other than chrome, and duckduckgo. Works pretty well.