btw it is literally just bing. The only reason they can afford it is bing gives them free API access. Would be impossible for DDG to afford the usual API fees w

btw it is literally just bing. The only reason they can afford it is bing gives them free API access. Would be impossible for DDG to afford the usual API fees without something like a $5/month subscription for normal usage. If they didn't give it away for free to DDG, bing itself would lose double digit usage numbers, since they report DDG usage as their own usage. Source: worked for a competitor.