Presumably DDG either pays MS for the search feed or has some sort of ad sharing agreement. So MS makes money either way and is banking on DDG cutting more into

Presumably DDG either pays MS for the search feed or has some sort of ad sharing agreement. So MS makes money either way and is banking on DDG cutting more into Google than Bing market share. Strategically I suspect MS cares more about Google not having a search monopoly than the money Bing makes them.