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DDG is completely dependent on Microsoft for both the search results and their ad revenue. This causes a lot of problems as whenever Microsoft stops supporting
by tintedfireglass 4y ago
DDG is completely dependent on Microsoft for both the search results and their ad revenue. This causes a lot of problems as whenever Microsoft stops supporting DDG,the company is basically dead. In my opinion I think this is why DDG is taking a lot of "missteps" as they don't want to sour their ties with Microsoft. This is just my theory.
- wiz21c 4y agoI was about to report the note 2 of the article: > DuckDuckGo’s help pages claim that the engine uses over 400 sources; my interpretation is that at least 398 sources don’t impact organic results. ouch and I thought DDG was clean... But yet, it doesn't mean that DDG tracks us, does it ?
- tintedfireglass 4y agoYour reply made me read DDG privacy policy. > > Similarly, we may add an affiliate code to some eCommerce sites (e.g. Amazon & eBay) that results in small commissions being paid back to DuckDuckGo when you make purchases at those sites. Why was there a big backlash against brave for doing this but no one bats an eye when DDG does it?
- smotched 4y agotheres a massive ddg bias on hw, see this thread for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31492505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31492505