[bduerst]

Didn't Brave get caught inserting their own affiliate links into search results when you clicked on them?

[iinnPP]

I would rank that pretty low on my list of things to worry about a search engine doing. Actually, to me, that would be relatively fair in terms of monetization of a search engine product.

I would turn the feature on if asked by a reputable and well-meaning company. Especially in the case of a search engine seeing as they are providing the link afterall.

[bduerst]

Search engines rely on trust. Dark patterns that include shady things like exploitative URL insertions on clicking links are highly relevant.