Re: [Lynx-dev] new search engine

[Travis Siegel]

Yeah, the only problem is that now that it's owned by microsoft, it's 
main advantage is gone.

The whole point of the duck duck go browser is that it keeps your 
browsing private.  I guarantee you Microsoft has no interest in such a 
thing.  I'd give it 6 months before it's no longer secure.

Ms is one of the worst offenders of privacy next to google.

On 3/19/2022 10:40 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> If you read the blinux-list@redhat.com list you'll see the messages about
> this on that email list.  I was as surprised as you when I came across
> those messages myself.  duckduckgo has been on tv regularly with
> advertising regularly and that costs big money to do that.  With Microsoft
> dollars behind an advertising campaign things like this are easy.
>
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2022, Luke, Shellworld Support wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 19 Mar 2022, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >
> > > If what I've read is correct,  duckduckgo got bought out by Microsoft so
> > > it's now a bing extension.
> > That's a nice bomb to drop without any attribution.
> >
> > "I don't know if it's true, but I heard...", has unjustly ruined many a
> > reputation.
> >
> > Last year, the rumor was Google. I guess this year it's Microsoft.
> >
> > https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/
> > https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-private-search/
> >
> > Luke