I specifically addressed this with the examples of Microsoft's billions not stopping Bing lagging behind Google, Meta spending billions on the Metaverse and Bez

I specifically addressed this with the examples of Microsoft's billions not stopping Bing lagging behind Google, Meta spending billions on the Metaverse and Bezos spending billions on Jeff Bezos (and still not getting to orbit after 25 years). DDG could improve if Bing improves so the problem isn't Google, it's Bing and DDG's strategy.