Bing and DDG have absolutely the same problem. Microsoft has turned their entire ecosystem (including OS) into an advertising-saturated cesspool. DDG might be

Bing and DDG have absolutely the same problem. Microsoft has turned their entire ecosystem (including OS) into an advertising-saturated cesspool. DDG might be "okay" for a while just because they're still trying to gain marketshare, but the underlying incentives are the same. A paid search engine is the only solution that aligns the end-user's incentives with the search engine provider's.