I think that maybe startpage is puting some money into google pocket for using their search engine for their needs. If fast all people use google where I live and I run an internet news site I have to see where my posts land at google in my country. Few days ago I told my friends why I left facebook (the company page is left for obvious reasons) and moved to startpage they all made bigg eyes and thought I had gone bannanas. Hell they even made phone calls what is wrong. DuckDuckGo doesn't show me what my reder is seeing. Also for personal use it is not as good for me because even if I filter the serach to my language or made it preferable I get tons of links in English which is ok sometimes but still... I like to read in my own and not English here English there all day