I fixed the previous link.
They’re supported by user subscriptions. $10 for unlimited searches.
They estimate that a Google user searches 3/4 times a day.
Whut?
I probably do 3/4 searches an hour. Including while I’m sleeping.
For the typical “average” person, that’s likely.
But the early adopting power user, looking for alternatives to Google, aren’t those “average” people.
I’m 22 days into my month, and have 688 searches so far. But when unlimited was $15, I had no real trouble staying under 300.
People search so much mainly because they’re used to free unlimited searches.