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Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway by bstar77 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @10:25AM (#18931425)
As long as DDG is not traded publicly it will do just fine. Investors would inevitably be screaming for more growth and ultimately force them to comprise their current values.
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Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway by onesmalluser on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:37PM (#18932726)
They're still beholden by their VC's, who most likely forced them to purge a lot of their !bangs not too long ago.
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Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway by albertgoeswoof on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:59PM (#18932902)
Why? The !bang is a referral, if you get enough traffic you can charge the site you’re sending traffic to
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Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway by KingMachiavelli on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:28PM (#18933166)
Is that why there is no longer a !libgen bang? I swear there used to be one.
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