Re: [Lynx-dev] new search engine

[Karen Lewellen]

as stated,
Duckduckgo, is not owned  by Microsoft.



On Sat, 19 Mar 2022, Travis Siegel wrote:

> 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
> > > 
> > >