I don’t think, and I surely hope, that startpage.com DOES NOT pay Google!
I know of no way to find out, either.
FReepers?
Does Google have a total lock on internet searches?
Do other search engines just pay Google?
If that is, indeed, the case, something MUST be done to disestablish Google!
From the startpage start page. Scroll down....
“How we made search private
You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search. So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search results in order to remove all trackers and logs. The result: The world’s best and most private search engine. Only now you can search without ads following you around, recommending products you’ve already bought. And no more data mining by companies with dubious intentions. We want you to dance like nobody’s watching and search like nobody’s watching.”