"Google is not really a search company; they're an advertising company. Your searches are tracked, mined, & packaged up into a data profile for advertisers to follow you around the Internet."
We're profitable without ever storing or sharing personal info: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-revenue-generation-model-for-DuckDuckGo/answer/Gabriel-Weinberg
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1068516782489722880