1) Some of the UI items listed are generally good ideas, but some of them such as periodically presenting the choices to users, are pretty questionable. My choi

1) Some of the UI items listed are generally good ideas, but some of them such as periodically presenting the choices to users, are pretty questionable. My choice should be respected and I should not be mandated to be interrupted with yet another nagging popup for the sake of compliance. 2) IMO, small search engines should wonder if the tiny gain they might get in the market from mandating bureaucrat intervention is worth the possible loss in reputation from getting bureaucrats more involved with technical stuff they should stay far away from. Look at DuckDuckGo: it wasn't hard for them to turn from a hero to a villain overnight for compromising their perceived morals. The people who choose and promote niche search engines to their friends are very picky about this kind of thing. 3) Can somebody explain how this line in the article is correct? I've changed my default search engine many times, and I've never had my decision not honored. > In many cases, your decision to move to a greener or more privacy-friendly search engine is simply not honored.