[Osmium]

Bystander impression from other comments I've read on DuckDuckGo posts recently: they have good intentions but behind-the-scenes are a bit less rigorous on privacy than would be ideal. Is this an accurate impression from anyone who knows more?

For example, see discussion in this thread[0]. Even though the article itself seemed misleading, many commenters raised some good points.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31490515

[monetus]

They have pushed that contract to the limit thankfully. You can load up Firefox with ad blockers and then compare and contrast with their browser. They do as well as allowed, and have extra value adds. More well intentioned than brave imo.