For some years now I have the feeling Apple is investing in / helping DuckDuckGo. The most obvious indications are that DDG was added to the list of search engi

For some years now I have the feeling Apple is investing in / helping DuckDuckGo. The most obvious indications are that DDG was added to the list of search engines in Safari, and DDG uses Apple Maps (example [1]). I bet Apple is using DDG to weaken Google while officially keeping a distance. I also bet Apple is not interested in running a search engine themselves. They would either have to muddy their brand by allowing questionable results, or filter everything that is not family friendly and risk being seen as the big censor. [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=silicon+valley%2C+usa+map&t=h_&ia=maps&iaxm=maps https://duckduckgo.com/?q=silicon+valley%2C+usa+map&t=h_&ia=...