DuckDuckGo CEO says Google kills competition through phone deals that make it hard for users to switch search engines: ‘It’s too many steps’
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The federal government argues Google has smothered competition by paying companies such as Apple and Verizon to lock in its search engine as the default.
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Source on that?

But I mean, if you prefer anything Brave does, sure.

Brave browser CEO apologizes for automatically adding affiliate links to cryptocurrency URLs

You can disable the crypto stuff very easily.

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Not the point. Crypto injection links shouldn’t be sneakily added into a “privacy” oriented browser.

However, you never provided any proof that DDG censors and sells user data. You’ve made big claims, but didn’t back them.

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