[ColinHayhurst]

Yes, but it is not being ble to add custom options that makes this a total barrier. It's not just Startpage, of course. I have written at length about this [0]. Ironically, Apple is a bigger block on search competition than Google and Microsoft; at least you can add custom options in Chrome and Edge. Still you can certainly argue it is the Apple-Google deal that is a root cause. We don't now what the deal is between Apple-Microsoft (Bing and Bing syndicates) but this may have a big influence too.

[0] https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/05/gatekeepers-of-the-western-w...