Re: DuckDuckGo, I like to use !s to delegate to StartPage.com which relies on Google but provides a more private experience (according to StartPage themselves,

Re: DuckDuckGo, I like to use !s to delegate to StartPage.com which relies on Google but provides a more private experience (according to StartPage themselves, which I have not investigated much). If you have comments on !s vs !g, I'll all ears. For example, I have wondered, to what degree does the "extra" hop: (a) help my privacy; (b) affect DDG's revenue stream; (c) affect the results.