I trust that Google probably wouldn't do anything evil with my search queries, but then people probably trusted AOL the same way. You don't have to be evil to m

I trust that Google probably wouldn't do anything evil with my search queries, but then people probably trusted AOL the same way. You don't have to be evil to make a silly mistake, and you don't have to be evil to be hacked or subpoenaed. But even though I trust Google, DuckDuckGo's privacy policy is so good I can't help but trust them for search more. Trust is relative, and I always try to use the most trustworthy solution. I absolutely don't trust anyone else with my private email and so host it myself. Fortunately, quite a few of the people I email a lot self host also, and most of the traffic goes over TLS, and some of us even use PGP. I used to use their analytics but no longer do. That's a difficult one. Their analytics is very good, but I believe it gives them too much power. A local installation of webalizer is good enough for my purposes. YMMV I would rely on them for a large portion of my income, but don't. When you think about it, the vast majority of people rely on a single company for most/all of their income. Income diversity would be good, but it's difficult for most to achieve.