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by jjice 851 days ago
Duck Duck Go uses the Bing API and they've been around for a long while. I'd imagine there's a heavy 80/20 rule of data that needs to be indexed frequently that people also search for, so those same cached results from API calls get the most use.

Just speculation though.
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laserbeam 851 days ago
I don't think it's a fair comparison. Every single other search engine sells ads including ddg. Sure, they don't track you, but will still serve ads for your quesries.

Kagi is explicitly an ad free subscription. Comparing profitability is not straightforward.

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jjice 851 days ago
Right, but the majority of Kagi users pay $10 a month. I doubt DDG is getting $10 per user per month in revenue.
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smcleod 851 days ago
DDG search results are dreadful compared to Kagi, not even slightly compatible.
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