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https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
I maintain that this should be the default behavior and the AI be opt-in
Exactly my thoughts.
DuckDuckGo (plus AI) enjoys default search engine status on a lot of browsers, and many of them make it difficult to set a custom one (like NoAI). Especially mobile browsers, and apparently even Safari makes it a pain.
(Edited to clarify what I meant by default)
Settings > Search > Search Engine > DuckDuckGo