> I was hoping they were busy building their own search engine the past several years, but it doesn't seem they have been.
I assumed this as well. If Google could do this in the late 90s and iterate into the 2000s why can't DDG be able to do it over a decade in the 2020s?
Maybe DDG has figured out some business model and don't want to mess with it or something.
Well, part of it is there is a lot more content to index now, which means you need a lot more resources to get started.
> I was hoping they were busy building their own search engine the past several years, but it doesn't seem they have been.
I assumed this as well. If Google could do this in the late 90s and iterate into the 2000s why can't DDG be able to do it over a decade in the 2020s?
Maybe DDG has figured out some business model and don't want to mess with it or something.