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>So here we are. Perhaps I’ll switch to DuckDuckGo. They recently got funding and I feel like they’re “cool” right now until if they grow huge and we are back t
by alasdair_ 8y ago
>So here we are. Perhaps I’ll switch to DuckDuckGo. They recently got funding and I feel like they’re “cool” right now until if they grow huge and we are back to square one.
DuckDuckGo's primary selling point is privacy. If they infringe on that, they die.
Also, I just switched to an iPhone again after years of using Android, for similar reasons. Apple is scary but right now I want to distance myself from Google as much as possible.
- fermienrico 8y agoIf their selling point is privacy, it conflicts with target advertisement business model. I’m curious how they plan to be profitable? Perhaps just good ol’ non targeted advertisement without user profiling?
- colordrops 8y agoGoogle's primary selling point was being the anti-microsoft, i.e. Don't Be Evil.
- philliphaydon 8y agoAnd now the tables have turned.