andisearch.com, mojeek.com and sometimes searx.ebnar.xyz
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Reducing VAT and other consumption taxes are unlikely to be passed on to consumer prices as most businesses use VAT cuts to improve their financials. There is a lot of research-based evidence across many industries about that. Many studies have even found that once the VAT reductions end, consumer prices tend to increase to a level higher than they were before the VAT cut.
The user Zerush here on Lemmy suggested https://andisearch.com some time ago. I have been using it for some months as my primary engine and I get very good results. My second choice is Mojeek and sometimes searx.ebnar.xyz
Mesh networks maybe? I'm not sure what you're looking for.
I have been using Feeder for a while and it's great imo.
I have the same issue, but haven't found a solution yet.
If communities can create their own money, they'd be loosing a lot of central power.
Maybe this helps: https://searx.github.io/searx/user/search_syntax.html
It still has limited features compared to DDG, and it has a different syntax.
Don't !bangs work in Searx either? At least in searx.ebnar.xyz they do.
Use Librewolf and Tor 😉
Does anyone know or even use https://particl.io/marketplace?