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I disagree, or maybe we read different responses, but the ones I read where more critical of how (a) ddg (employee) handled this.

Didn't see anyone claim that this was on a google-level of bad, more like pointing out that google started out as a small company wanting to "do no evil", but slowly turned into what it is today.

Is it really that weird that people are worried that this might be the first of many small steps down the slippery slope?

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I didn't have to go through the posted link for long to find people reacting as though this was more than a slippery slope issue:

> But instead to react professionally and contritely you made it worse to stamp on the shards to make sure no useful piece of trust will survive.

> I've just de-installed the Duckduckgo app and also won't be using their search engine anymore. Trust is lost. Their CEO can put his statement where the sun doesn't shine.

> Didn't see anyone claim that this was on a google-level of bad

The point is that people are reacting as if it was.

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