> Why isn't DDG the default search provider? An excellent question. Does DDG have the infrastructure to handle that many searches? It didn't last I checked..

> Why isn't DDG the default search provider? An excellent question. Does DDG have the infrastructure to handle that many searches? It didn't last I checked... > Why aren't third party cookies disabled by default Because it breaks things entirely unrelated to ads. For example, with third-party cookies disabled I can't buy tickets to http://www.puppetshowplace.org/ http://www.puppetshowplace.org/ online for my kids. > and the Do Not Track header enabled by default Because then it would be completely useless. See http://blog.mozilla.com/privacy/2011/11/09/dnt-cannot-be-default/ http://blog.mozilla.com/privacy/2011/11/09/dnt-cannot-be-def... I do agree that there needs to be a distinction between "showing ads" and "tracking users", of course. Those are not the same thing.