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From Startpage: "You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search. So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search results in order to remove all tracker
by Shank 7y ago
From Startpage: "You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search. So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search results in order to remove all trackers and logs."
It sounds like you're just using Google without the branding/tracking.
- trident1000 7y agoAnd now the question is, how is Startpage paying Google without monetizing its users?
- taborj 7y agoIf the product is free, you're the product. I don't know anything about Startpage, but I bet we'll find they're tracking something...
- saagarjha 7y agoStartpage shows ads, just like DuckDuckGo: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/180/20/how-can-startpage-be-free-how-do-you-make-money https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...
- taborj 7y agoMakes sense. So I was right; you are the product. They want to get ads in front of users. Note that there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
- defulmere 7y agotl;dr they're paid to serve ads based on anonymized search terms https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/180/0/how-can-startpage-be-free-how-do-you-make-money https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...
- kmos 7y agoYes, they use Google results without tracking.