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by dgreensp 4863 days ago
Ha. I'm not sure I get the metaphor, unless you are talking about trying to get acquired based on your user graph, or applying "greater fool" theory.
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the idea is that your 'users' are the product you are selling to advertised.
Isn't DDG inherently fucked here though because of their whole privacy deal? The massive advantage the Internet creates is extremely targeted tracking and advertising methods, which DDG is explicitly against.

It's like they're against the most proven business model for search engines yet expect to survive somehow.

DDG does show ads: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9r0hxyxew3aiddr/Screen%20Shot%2020...

They are trying to build an advertising model that doesn't track or store your searches (just show ads based on the search at hand), which is actually plausible

gah. The idea is that your users are the product you are selling to advertisers, who are your real customer.