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And now the question is, how is Startpage paying Google without monetizing its users?

• taborj 7y ago
  If 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 ago
    Startpage 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 ago
      Makes 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 ago
  tl;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...