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		babyslothzoo on Jan 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps Why hasn't Apple bought DuckDuckGo? I also think the name DuckDuckGo is too long and too cumbersome, they should consider rebranding to something simpler. Branding matters.

lucasmullens on Jan 15, 2019 | [–]

They own duck.com now, figure it won't be long until they're rebranded as "Duck"

yammajr on Jan 15, 2019 | | [–]

In December they acquired the name duck.com, maybe they'll do something with that. Right now it just redirects to duckduckgo.com

lindgrenj6 on Jan 15, 2019 | [–]

You can use duck.com and it'll redirect :)

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