[paulgb]

To me, the advantages outweigh the costs, though. If I want to search for something without Google knowing about it, I can jump to incognito mode.

[stanleydrew]

This occurs even in incognito mode though.

[babar]

Incorrect. Incognito mode does not use the search provider's autocomplete results.

[stanleydrew]

Interesting. I hadn't noticed that, but you are right. I only get suggestions for searches I've made during my incognito session (so stored locally in the browser's memory) or for pages in my history for that session.