I wonder if it is related to ads I see are still showing up in DuckDuckGo.
The ones I see there I believe were showing up in other people's browsers a couple of months ago and were reported here by others (using other browsers). I am not positive, but if not in this thread, they might have been reported in a different thread.
I'll provide more information below in case it helps.
I rarely use DuckDuckGo and deleted it from my iPhone shortly after those ads showed up and were reported here on CF. I don't believe I had ever seen any ads before in DuckDuckGo (on any site).
But after seeing this thread today, I looked at the Beta version of DuckDuckGo for Windows that I installed not long ago (but before the ad I'll show below started showing up). I see that ad server still showing up on DuckDuckGo.
I reinstalled DuckDuckGo on my iPhone today and also still see the ads there (only on CF).
Below is what an ad looks like on DuckDuckGo for iPhone. If you click another thread, a different ad appears in the same space. It's not too terrible, but again, I believe these might have been associated with bigger problems others were experiencing and reported here before (regarding other browsers). I'll post again to show what it looks like on Windows.
Whether related to reports here or not, it's something CF should be aware of.
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