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> Hi all, CTO of DuckDuckGo here.
[... mucho explanation...]
> So, we went ahead today and implemented the change for both Android (#878) and iOS (duckduckgo/iOS#667) that will move this logic onto the client, and we will no longer be using the favicon service in our apps. These changes are currently in the release phase and are rolling out live now.
> Hi all, CTO of DuckDuckGo here.
[... mucho explanation...]
> So, we went ahead today and implemented the change for both Android (#878) and iOS (duckduckgo/iOS#667) that will move this logic onto the client, and we will no longer be using the favicon service in our apps. These changes are currently in the release phase and are rolling out live now.
https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527#issuecommen...