I haven’t noticed that...but I use it mostly on my phone, that may be why.
Actually I think you are right, I noticed that on my phone too, it isn’t as bad. But the only main problem I have with DDgo is while they do not track you, the search results are from google. So what ever censoring and manipulation google is already doing just gets forwarded. DD go doesn’t use their own spiders to get their own personal search results.
I have been testing Qwant and I am getting VERY GOOD search results for my search criteria. They claim to not track either but that depends on who owns them. Digging into that as I get time also. But track or not the results so far do not seem to be censored or manipulated. I am getting much more comprehensive results.
I just went through using startpage and they straight up tell you they are finding what THEY think I am looking for. No... that
is as bad as google. I don’t need a search engine telling me what they think I am looking for. lol
Give me ALL results available and I will choose for myself.