• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I read about this in a blog post on Wired, written by someone who was there (former executive of DuckDuckGo). He also mentioned how they may benefit from having results that aren’t quite accurate, as then you spend more time searching, which means more time to serve you ads. There is an inherent conflict of interest between adverts and fast search engines.

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          I find it really ironic that ads and a paywall are being complained about in the same thread