Duckduckgo claims to use 400 sources [0], so you’re probably not totally spot on.

Edit: However, that includes their Instant Answers feature, and the numbers are outdated, it’s 1600 sources, most of which are catering to an specific and tiny niche (like angular.js docs, or a dictionary of accounting terms). Main sources are Bing, Yahoo, Wolfram Alpha and their own crawler (according to Wikipedia).

[0] https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...

They say: 1 source = 1 widget/instant hack That's not for the SERP ;)

It's mostly Bing/Yahoo/Yandex rebranded depending on the country.

> Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit

Bing seems fine to me.

When I got a Surface Pro 4 three years ago, I decided to give Edge a try to see if it would do as my main browser, and left Bing as its default search.

Three years later, I've not felt the need to change that.

Is Startpage still anonymous? I thought they got bought by an adtech firm

Link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

Startpage.com is and always has been anonymous, according to Wikipedia and without any credible sources denying this.

Where did you get your suggestion?

This is linked from another comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

On the other hand, Wikipedia isn’t a “creditable source.” I have no dog in this fight, but the tendency to use Wikipedia to prove things is annoying.

I use Bing everyday, get points towards gift cards, and literally never have any issues finding anything I search for, personal or technical.

I too have enjoyed Bing more these days. I've always enjoyed their daily travel images especially, and the search results have been decent.