@rail_ Isn't startpage owned or related to some big advertisement company?@rysiek
@voltar13 @rail_ @rysiek @qeef "In October 2019, Privacy One Group, owned by adtech company System1, acquired a majority stake in Startpage."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com#Merger_and_recent_history
That said... their results are often best even vs DDG, and the Anonymous View function is handy. I noticed ad links with uBO off, but otherwise nothing nasty. However, I'm personally moving to self hosted SearxNG, and testing Yacy.
@jessienab @voltar13 @rail_ @rysiek That's sad, I didn't know that.
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@voltar13 @rail_ @rysiek
@qeef
"In October 2019, Privacy One Group, owned by adtech company System1, acquired a majority stake in Startpage."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com#Merger_and_recent_history
That said... their results are often best even vs DDG, and the Anonymous View function is handy. I noticed ad links with uBO off, but otherwise nothing nasty.
However, I'm personally moving to self hosted SearxNG, and testing Yacy.