DuckDuckGo Privacy for Android

Recently it's not blocking ANY trackers or Google analytics or FB or any other main data stealing websites or apps. On Safari, I have DDG as my search engine and all preferences set to DDG being my default search engine. Suddenly, when I go to Safari preferences, privacy and hit manage privacy up comes a long list of sites that I have not visited and they are tracking me! I noticed this only a few months ago as in former times there were zero under manage privacy. I wrote to the company back and forth and they lied to me about what was going on. So what exactly does DDG do for us anymore?? My strong suspiction is that they finally sold out to Google and/or Microsoft but these 3 tech companies all share/barter data anyway.

I'm using Monterey 12.6. I downloaded and installed this with no concerns because I've used the Duck Duck Go search engine in the past. I noticed over the last couple months that Safari started acting very strangely. I have it set w/ a home page and also have the option checked to open w/ the last tabs that existed when I closed it down. A couple months ago, I noticed that I might close it w/ 12 tabs and when I reopened it I had 40 tabs. I'd close the excess ones and continue work. There would be times when I'd close it w/ 30 tabs and reopen it and it would have 90 tabs. Holy cow! What the heck's happening? 1 day I noticed that it had 90 tabs, and I didn't have the time to close all of them. so I minimized Safari and did some other work. When I clicked on Safari again, the # of tabs was down to 40. Huh! I hadn't done anything. Where did the excess tabs go. One time I opened Safari and had over 400 tabs! Finally, I took my Android into Google and was able to easily demonstrate what I was talking about. The lady helping me looked at several things, and noticed that I had the Duck Duck Go extension and asked what it was for. I explained, and as a test, we deleted it. Boom! Safari started working as expected and has since. I don't know what Duck Duck Go was doing, but it's certainly not worth what I experienced!

I replaced Ghostery with this. Was OK for a few months but lots getting through in the last couple weeks. Not sure it's providing any benefit anymore.

I honestly don't understand why this app exists for Safari. If you go on their help pages or Github to see what's ACTUALLY being blocked you'll see that for MOST browsers the DDG app will help with fingerprinting, tracker blocking, cname, and various other things. For Safari however, NONE of these features work and will be implemented at some indeterminate time in the future. More shell game tactics from DDG, the company that basically excells in misleading their customers now. Deleted!

Doesn't block Twitch video ads