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DuckDuckGo isn't public right? So, this question doesn't apply to them.
by appachai2 9y ago
DuckDuckGo isn't public right? So, this question doesn't apply to them.
- losteric 9y agoWhy not? They are a competitor in the search space... Public, private, doesn't matter.
- lwansbrough 9y agoWell.. are they profitable?
- losteric 9y agoAccording to the founder, they have been profitable since 2014. Anecdotally, I've been seeing more and more success getting friends to switch over to DDG. This feels like early mass-adoption. It's rather exciting.
- lurr 9y agoWell, except for chrome using their near monopoly on search to shove a browser in your face that further cements their place in search. and bundling it with the OS on mobile.
- losteric 9y agoThat's not a stable situation. The EU forced Microsoft / IE to unbundle - Google's day of reckoning approaches.
- skullum 9y agoYes, quite profitable since 2014. Turns out it doesn't take many engineers to make a search engine that doesn't track you: https://www.quora.com/Will-DuckDuckGo-get-profitable-anytime-soon-and-sustain-itself-into-the-future/answers/184594 https://www.quora.com/Will-DuckDuckGo-get-profitable-anytime...
- appachai2 9y agoIts not really a secret that startups can burn billions for years ...
- sjwright 9y agoIt's demonstrating a viable business model. Their corporate structure doesn't affect the demonstration.