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While they claim they support privacy now, I'm still hesitant to create an account there. I can even use Google to search semi anonymously, given a proper ad-blocker, but creating an account to use a search engine? So I need to be fully logged in and identifiable and all my queries are associated to my accounts without any doubt because I signed in?

No thanks. I don't want that some hidden ToS change or future acquisition expose all my searches in the future, even if current search engine operates in a good fate.

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Founder replied to me about the exact same issue in an older thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29672560

I suppose it's the fault of online payment infrastructure more than them. Sure, they could do it the Mullvad way and accept envelopes with cash and an UID but that probably wouldnt scale.