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I am surprised to see so many people trust DDG. The founder Gabriel Weinberg made his fortune from the Names Database, which indexed people's information and al

by rjeli 9y ago

I am surprised to see so many people trust DDG. The founder Gabriel Weinberg made his fortune from the Names Database, which indexed people's information and allowed you to contact them only if you referred more people into the database (or paid). Not the kind of person I want running my "privacy focused crypto anarchist" search engine.

jszymborski 9y ago
If nothing else, DDG doesn't keep me in a search bubble, which is something I've definitely noticed and very much appreciate. Furthermore, DDG isn't an ad company. DDG occasionally adds 1 well marked ad on the page, and it's not directly targeted to me. If DDG is tracking me, I certainly can't tell how they're leveraging it. That doesn't mean they aren't, but it's as good an indication I've gotten so far.
wingerlang 9y ago
Isn't that just any social network FB with a "referral" twist?