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Why the hell would you pay for search when the free competitors are just better
Also it's automatically not private when it requires a login. They know exactly what user is searching what, and basically breaks search in incognito mode. Also people love more accounts to manage.
"If it's free then you're the product" isn't even true when search engines are ad supported, so stick with the much better free alternatives.
If you really want to pay while not having to login, self-host a searx instance and you'll be logging your own data. You'll have complete control, it's significantly cheaper, and it's far more private without having to even login.
I think you might need to take a break and cool off. You're all over this thread getting way too heated for a discussion about a search engine. Please keep in mind Beehaw's guiding principal and Be Nice.
There is also zero guarantee that they are logging. Both are equally true.
That's still using the general DDG userbase as a product. Just because the ads aren't personalized, doesn't mean you're not a product for ad placement.
Wikipedia is run by a non-profit organization. If something offered by a business is free, then you are the product.