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DuckDuckGo says Hell, Hell, No to those Microsoft trackers after web revolt.

For rendering, it uses, making it super compatible with Mac devices,' DuckDuckGo said.

'All the app code – tab and bookmark management, our new tab page, our password manager, etc – is written by our own engineers. Beyond handling trackers differently, DuckDuckGo said the macOS browser isn't a fork of Chrome 'or any other browser code.' The DDG says its macOS app also allegedly uses 60 percent less memory than Chrome, a notorious Mac memory hog, because it blocks trackers before they're able to load.

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