@iron_bug @anniemo71 @gomez @davidoclubb i sense some sympathy for tech giants (as you equated scraping Google/MS results with "stealing"). IMO scraping their results is the best scenario, because it uses the resources of tech giants without compensating them, which means not only not feeding privacy abusers, but costing them. That's a good thing.

@davidoclubb @resist1984 @gomez @anniemo71 why not? people built really large search system and it works fine. well, it did generally work fine, until they began to shove AI in it and it messed it up a way. but it still works somehow. DDG can work without scripts, which is very valuable in modern Internet. so yes, I think stealing their results isn't just fair. I never considered theft a good thing. if you're so tough, go get your own crawler and collect your own data. for free. and we'll see what it all is worth, in real.

@iron_bug @anniemo71 @gomez @davidoclubb @iron_bug #DDG has /proven/ to violate their privacy policy: http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/ An unknown is of course more worthy of trust than a known cheater. Garage operations just don't have the capital to finance a large scale AI engine.. Only very big money interests behind GAFAM have that kind of cash to invest.