I see a distinct difference between DDG and Google. We know Google does what it does. DDG's reason for existence is predicated on not doing so. If DDG were fo

I see a distinct difference between DDG and Google. We know Google does what it does. DDG's reason for existence is predicated on not doing so. If DDG were found to be lying, I'd guess >80% of its customer base would evaporate overnight. It would mean destroying many years of branding, trust and relatively difficult cultivation of user browser defaults. But that's worth gaming out - what would make it worth it to light all that on fire? About the only thing I can think of is a Lavabit-style conundrum, wherein our intelligence-overlords threaten someone's freedom. So, absolutely could happen, absolutely would come out. So that's why I trust DDG to be less forthcoming with their logs.