Except DDG is a for-profit company that is not open source - one which doesn't submit to third party audits or validate their privacy claims. As a small compan

Except DDG is a for-profit company that is not open source - one which doesn't submit to third party audits or validate their privacy claims. As a small company, they don't have much to lose either if they did sell your data since they're essentially just a reskin of other search engines.