Recent survey conducted by Washington Post-ABC News: 1. 75% of [Americans] are concerned about personal privacy 2. 40% say it is more important to protect priva

Recent survey conducted by Washington Post-ABC News: 1. 75% of [Americans] are concerned about personal privacy 2. 40% say it is more important to protect privacy even if that limits the US government’s ability to investigate possible terrorist threats Privacy appears to be a concern to a large percentage of Americans. That said, it's not like all of these people are going to delete their FB account, switch to DDG tomorrow, etc. However, the numbers do suggest that DDG has a sizable opportunity assuming they execute well and that privacy concerns continue. "Therefore I see this sort of move to DDG as just short-sighted and unreasonable overall." What do users of Gnome's browser care about? If users of Gnome's browser are concerned about personal privacy, then the move to switch to DDG for search is a sound choice.