Searching for an address on ddg shows a map, it's just not a google map. It also has links to investigate the address at Bing, Google, and MapQuest. Also, you c

Searching for an address on ddg shows a map, it's just not a google map. It also has links to investigate the address at Bing, Google, and MapQuest. Also, you can use !gm ADDRESS directly, and it passes your data to google over ssl via DDG's server. I think a big issue for DDG is this type of exclusivity complaint. And while it's a valid concern for some use cases, I really don't see DDG telling you to stop using other search services - they actively promote it. I use DDG all the time, but I don't think twice about searching for "!gm ADDRESS" if I know i want to investigate an address via Google Maps. The benefit is that I can easily bounce to whatever service I know will respond to my query best. If the concern is that DDG should know what service to send me to automatically (Addresses go to google maps, for example), then I think it's just a disconnect with their goal, and probably you should stick with Google - it sounds like it works well for you and the privacy aspect of DDG just isn't compelling. And that's fine.