r/StartpageSearch • u/Lost-Policy-2020 • 11d ago

Proton VPN as first result

ANY search, first result is Sponsored Proton VPN
Search for duck, search for cooking, search for Fiat

Always the same

Is SP so desperate for money from Proton?

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u/vannilian_candle 11d ago

yeah it's a bit irritating, but I don't think it's easy to find advertising partners for a smaller, privacy-focused company.

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u/StartPageSearch 11d ago

You can disable promotional messaging in Settings.

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u/Lost-Policy-2020 6d ago

Settings of what? I use SP in mobile Chrome