Duck Duck Go is the only search engine I use. Switched away from Google for privacy reasons and haven't missed it a bit.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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Mostly duck duck go.
Same here. I know a lot of folks don't like the results, but to be honest, I don't find Google any better these days.
I exclusively use AltaVista.
DuckDuckGo, but mostly because of the !bangs. I do 90% of my searches through StartPage (!s), and the rest directly on a few websites (Wikipedia, YouTube, Arch wiki...).
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Used to use SearXNG but got increasingly frustrated with it, so I mostly use DDG these days. Although, that being said, most search engines these days are filled with SEO clickbait trash which makes it basically mandatory to do site:reddit.com
Might have to try Kagi some day, despite my reservations about their pricing.
Self-hosted Searxng. It's shared to multiple people which kills a lot of the usefulness in Google or others trying to track my instance.
I tried this, but it kept saying 'Engine failed' or something on every other search. I never could figure out why. I might try again
Edit: Actually it was Searx I used. I'll spin up Searxng and see if it's improved
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