Startpage is now owned by an advertising company

Re:Startpage is now owned by an advertising company by jammygit on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:09PM (#21371735)

It isn’t exactly the ads that are the problem but the tracking. It is possible this is fine, but it seems likely to be... not fine

Edit: definitely not-fine: > Startpage is now (partly?) owned by System1, a company which...

> has developed a pre-targeting platform that identifies and unlocks consumer intent across channels including social, native, email, search, market research and lead generation rather than relying solely on what consumers enter into search boxes

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Re:Startpage is now owned by an advertising company by Startpage_rep on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @04:02PM (#21456648)

Hey, Startpage here. We appreciate your concern. We would be wary ourselves of outside investment in a company that we trust and depend on. Startpage leadership spent a lot of time considering who to bring on as an investor. The System1 funds will allow us to grow our global user base and bring private search to more people.

To ensure that our mission and privacy practices do not change, the investment includes covenants that ensure Startpage’s founders in the Netherlands will retain complete control over all privacy-related decisions.

If you’re interested, you can read more about the investment in this letter from our Founder and CEO Robert E.G. Beens: https://preview.redd.it/zher3ok6pct3†1.jpg

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