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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by jakub_g on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:27AM (#22033826)
Startpage was acquired by an adtech company a few months ago https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/16/startpage-search-owner-cha...
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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by DavideNL on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:11AM (#22034113)
Yes i'm aware of that, but they were not 'acquired'... although it's definitely not a good development, i'd argue Startpage is still better (privacy wise) than for example Google.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by krageon on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @07:57AM (#22044338)
> i'd argue Startpage is still better

Why would you argue this? Adtech companies are one of the big sources of problems with privacy online.

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