[alpaca128]

> If it uses my data to help target advertising - so be it

What a great thing that data leaks and power abuse don't ever happen. /s

> What makes you think you can do better than a company with over 20 years experience

The severe decline in quality? I've been using DDG for a while now; in about 2 years I've looked at Google results maybe 5 times and was disappointed every time. If you think Google is the best you can get right now you're missing out. Your argument is based on the assumption that a company with more experience cannot possibly be bested at what they're doing.

> google could implement site muting in an instant if they wanted

Google could do a lot of great things, but unused potential is worthless. Remember how Google got big precisely because they did what competitors could do but didn't?