To be fair, the comment from DuckDuckGo in the Reddit thread[1] says that they will continue to put resources into it ("staff are still improving the Instant An

To be fair, the comment from DuckDuckGo in the Reddit thread[1] says that they will continue to put resources into it ("staff are still improving the Instant Answers we have, and will create any new Instant Answers we see are needed"). Which means the only change really happening here is to shut off the contributions that DDG receives from others for free, which doesn't really make sense as a business decision, either. On the other hand, if you view it as an announcement that they're going to be taking Instant Answers closed source to keep future changes in-house, then it makes sense. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/6ymjj8/duckduckhack_is_now_in_maintenance_mode/dmq6ilk/ https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/6ymjj8/duckduck...