Started using Startpage a few months ago at the recommendation of a co-worker. It uses Google instead of Bing for search results, which is why I started using it, but I learned that it describes itself as:
"an Industry-leading omnichannel digital marketing platform, powered by Machine Learning and AI, that monetizes internet traffic by putting the right ads in front of the right people at the right time."
Waze used to have a feature where you could turn your vehicle into a little pacman and gobble up dots on the route for points.. it caused problems (obviously) but was fun.
Back in my day we used MapQuest to print out directions to whatever music festival or concert we were going to.
Why anyone would trust any of this shit is beyond me.
Get a map, on paper. Learn to read it. Krinkle it up in your friends ear and tell them it's ASMR. Maps don't sell your data, and if there's an advertisement you can draw a moustache on it. In Australia, the blank back side of the map used to have local wild edibles with pictures and descriptions by Bush Tucker Man.
System1 is an advertizing company that operates in the privacy niche. All I can get from all that ad copy you quoted is that they advertize 😀. I haven't heard of them doing anything other than selling ads. AdExchanger (no idea what their reliability is but the writing style is quite frank so I'll trust them) clocks System1 as a "Special-purpose acquisition company".
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