I switched to DDG in 2013 or before, and been on it since. This is very true for technical searches, I actually set my work machine's default engine to Startpage.com for that reason. I don't always remember to check other engines when I'm focused on something, so SP (anonymous Google results) bumped off DDG for me there.
On my machine, it's the !bangs that keep me hooked. I realize the results aren't quite as good as Google's, but it's usually just the top few results that seem to be key ones missing from DDG. I'm really surprised at the lack of popularity of SP, it's been my Google reference for a long time now.
On my machine, it's the !bangs that keep me hooked. I realize the results aren't quite as good as Google's, but it's usually just the top few results that seem to be key ones missing from DDG. I'm really surprised at the lack of popularity of SP, it's been my Google reference for a long time now.