[ty___ler]

Something happened the past few years where DDG image search feels like a functionally better product than google image search. I think it's a combination of a simpler frontend, and maybe a simpler "keyword-based" search algorithm (vs google which feels more ML-leaning). Note: I can't prove this claim at all – just a general feeling I have as someone who uses image search a lot.

[idlemind]

Also you can mostly still click straight though to the image file itself, a feature which I believe Google removed at the request of site owners.

[gundmc]

I think it was a lawsuit settlement from Getty Images.

[buscoquadnary]

I've noticed whenever I use Google image search it seems like 90% of the results are Pinterest which I have 0 desire to visit whereas I hardly ever see Pinterest on ddg.

[dredmorbius]

Google hasd to change image search due to a lawsuit by Getty Images preventing direct linking to the image itself.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after...

[gs17]

Although DDG doesn't really compete in this niche yet, Google's reverse image search has gotten especially awful recently. Yandex does surprisingly well at it.

[benrapscallion]

And the top row(s) in Google images are all for-sale product images masquerading as result.

[bamboozled]

I always reach for it too for some reason