> it feels a little disingenuous to say Google is not a search company, it's an advertising company. DDG's revenue is also built on ads. ddg runs ads on their

> it feels a little disingenuous to say Google is not a search company, it's an advertising company. DDG's revenue is also built on ads. ddg runs ads on their site. google operates an advertising network, connecting advertisers with sites who are willing to run ads.