[greendude29]

I saw the headline on your post and felt horrified.

I then read the details and I'm no longer horrified.

There is a difference between advertising your own services vs injecting ads from other parties. Injecting ads from other parties could imply sharing of personal data which would be worrying.

There is no breach of the DDG implicit user contract here which is low tracking and privacy.

[mustacheemperor]

You likely saw it just before I edited the headline. I didn't realize at the time I posted it, but the original title definitely could give the impression they're injecting 3rd party ads. Personally, this feels 90% as annoying as a third party ad. But my intent was definitely not to mislead, I was hesitant to even make a post because I don't want to be a bad HN citizen by starting a thread that becomes an emotional bandwagon.

I don't think there is a breach of DDG's contract but it it is a disappointing contrast to my expectations from DDG's brand, which I would expect to be more respectful of the user. This is disruptive.