Why is Google the Search Engine of Choice for the Steemit Platform?

...Is this real life? Are we really asking corporations to protect us from reality?

Just wondering.


Cover Image: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gt-iuULXTQ/Uo729K0vLuI/AAAAAAAANCU/o1Jz_h4twkE/s1600/google-Israel-contacts.jpg
Ben Franklin: https://bassnectar.net/wp-content/uploads/Bassnectar-Franklin-Liberty-Think-For-Yourself.jpg
Dragon Page Break: by altocello via DeviantArt.com
Hyperlinked Pages:
ADL Praises Google, YouTube for Expanding Efforts to Combat Extremism
http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/adl-praises-google-youtube-for-expanding-efforts-to-combat-extremism/
The YouTube Purge is Here (@lukewearechange)
https://steemit.com/news/@lukewearechange/the-youtube-purge-is-here
I asked myself exactly the same but for privacy reasons...