Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoBye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)www.zeitgeistofbytes.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareLev@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think this is an interesting read TL;DR Startpage remains quartered in the EU and thus follow European laws https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4521498779156-What-it-means-for-Startpage-now-that-System1-is-a-publicly-traded-company
minus-squareklairman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThat’s true, but the profits go to the US.
minus-squareLev@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s a good point, unfortunately
minus-squareDigitalprimate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI thought it was Dutch? Did they sell to PE or something?
minus-squareklairman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoStartpage is owned and operated by Surfboard Holding BV, The Hague, the Netherlands, which is majority owned by System1, an American internet advertising company.
minus-squareDigitalprimate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDid not know, thanks. That sucks because it’s a great search engine.
Belongs to a US company.
I think this is an interesting read TL;DR Startpage remains quartered in the EU and thus follow European laws
https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4521498779156-What-it-means-for-Startpage-now-that-System1-is-a-publicly-traded-company
That’s true, but the profits go to the US.
That’s a good point, unfortunately
I thought it was Dutch? Did they sell to PE or something?
Startpage is owned and operated by Surfboard Holding BV, The Hague, the Netherlands, which is majority owned by System1, an American internet advertising company.
Did not know, thanks. That sucks because it’s a great search engine.