The DuckDuckGo Browser — Invite only Beta Review

Your favourite privacy-focused Google Search competitor launched an invite only privacy-focused Google Chrome competitor.

Mike Stevenson, MBA
7 min readApr 28, 2022
Screenshot of download page for DuckDuckGo for Mac web browser.

DuckDuckGo (DDG) is a privacy-focused David taking on the Google Goliath. The startup has built a profitable, advertising-based business providing search results that don’t track you through its search engine, DuckDuckGo.com

This is review runs through the UX and strategy of DuckDuckGo’s new DuckDuckGo Browser. The DDG Browser is currently invite-only and released as a beta, so these factors are reflected in the analysis.

Install DuckDuckGo Browser

DDG Browser Installed on Mac

DuckDuckGo (DDG) Browser is currently available for anyone to download and can be installed on your device. You can currently download the DuckDuckGo Browser from DuckDuckGo here.

The DuckDuckGo Browser for Mac is different to the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials App currently available for download from the Mac App Store.

DDG Privacy Essentials is an extension for the Safari Browser while DDG Browser is its…

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