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That's exactly why I was surprised the main site hasn't been submitted so far. I've seen a lot of articles about it.
Would you rather OP had posted "Ask HN: What do you think of ddg?"
If you posted "Ask HN: What do you think of Google", I'd flag your post.
(Oh, you're commenting because you can't see the parent post, which the author deleted, and which submitted Google as a news article. Now you know.)
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