$5 bucks with a company which respects the US military is better than $0 from a company which actively works with China.
Dream on for your agreed upon share of the profits. They are giving you a free service.
You’re making the better of the two choices, and yeah, I’m a dreamer. Let me dream. But no, giving away something of value for a service is not necessarily “free”. It can be like selling Manhattan for $24 worth of “free” beads. A rip-off.
In the meanwhile, I use Startpage and Duck Duck Go. And sometimes Bing.