I used to be a part of the DuckDuckGo hype train until I found out they did actually track data (not an issue to me personally, but it betrayed their key marketing point), as used to be demonstrable if you had a slow internet and hovered your cursor over a link (it would show the tracking data loading). It was the one thing separating them from Ecosia, and I decided to join the Ecosia hype train, even if their own promises are themselves highly exaggerated. Every effort to do what Ecosia promises, even failed efforts, are appreciable.
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I run a whoogle instance personally
How is an instance a search engine?
Whoogle is a self hosted front end for google. You just run it and it will pass the search to Google and strip all the bullshit out.
Thanks for the info!
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You want a free search, Brave. Don't like brave, then qwant. I use Kagi. It costs money but it is great.
How would you go about setting searxng for search suggestions? I'm not sure i understand the documentation.
Kagi if you're willing to pay. Otherwise tryaS Searx instance.
You can absolutely configure the default search engine on your browser to a custom one in some cases. I use startpage and it isn’t in the default options, but it can be added.
I've been using qwant for a few weeks and it gives me quite satisfying and accurate results. Before I had been using ecosia for years but the results can be lackluster sometimes. Especially when you search very specific "niche" things (like obscure Linux problems troubleshooting). But I'm still looking for a browser which let's you pick multiple languages for results.
I am generally switching between Google and duck duck go on Firefox. When Google gives shitty results (which is frequently) I switch over to ddg.