It isn’t exactly the ads that are the problem but the tracking. It is possible this is fine, but it seems likely to be... not fine

Edit: definitely not-fine: > Startpage is now (partly?) owned by System1, a company which...

> has developed a pre-targeting platform that identifies and unlocks consumer intent across channels including social, native, email, search, market research and lead generation rather than relying solely on what consumers enter into search boxes