[owaty]

This one answers my question better: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...

> Why does Google let Startpage access their search results?

> Startpage.com has a contract with Google that allows us to use their official "Syndicated Web Search" feed, so we have to pay them to get those results.

So what is their own business model? Do they show ads? (I disabled adblock but didn't see any.)

[saagarjha]

Yes, they show non-personalized sponsored links: https://www.startpage.com/en/search/privacy-policy.html