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Because their business model is built on privacy and not necessarily search tech. See my previous comment on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22078338
by sansnomme 7y ago
Because their business model is built on privacy and not necessarily search tech. See my previous comment on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22078338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22078338
In many ways they are more like a VPN company — a proxy for hire. If they want to expand, a good way would be to acquire Keybase or maybe something like https://bloom.sh https://bloom.sh and continue exploiting the inferior Google alternatives market.
- ramblerman 7y agoA business model implies making some sort of profit. How are they funding themselves currently?
- soraminazuki 7y agoContextual ads that don't spy on you. https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/advertising-and-affiliates/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ad...
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- bagacrap 7y agoThat's less of a business model and more of a marketing campaign. As a business model, enhanced privacy sucks bc it yields reduced profits until the day a significant portion of the money-spending population decides to make decisions based on privacy.