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These are cookies. dropping cookies for 1011 partners does not require accessing their domains at that moment.
A 3rd-party request means that when a client (browser) loads a page, that page wants to load content from other domains. Strictly speaking, DDG does that too (see screenshot below): it loads extra content from one of its _sub_domains.
Still, good catch. Where'd you find that?
And btw it's of course perfectly possible that DDG does that too; I never meant to claim absolute superiority for it. Just for comparison. It's my default search engine right now but I should try something better I guess.
The number of partners is in the cookie banner from onetrust when opening the site (maybe location dependent?). I'm aware it doesn't mean they necessarily are making 3rd party http requests (feels likely though?), but when a site has such a ridiculous amount of partners, it is a huge red flag.
But it's not surprising, if they donate to charity, for each search request, they have to generate income somehow...
Some ublock origin list probably block all cookie banner.