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Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a “default search engine” that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.
Which browsers don't? I think this one can likely be chalked up to user error.
Kagi is the best around if you are willing to pay. If I had to cancel my subscription for whatever reason, I would go back to DDG.
Another option is SearXNG. It's meta search engine, which means that it aggregates other search engines like Google and Bing but without tracking or logging, because your searches are proxied using a public instance, that will mix your search with the ones from other people.
And about default search engine, don't know what you're talking about, both chrome and Firefox allows this, in mobile and desktop.
SearXNG
ecosia, like knowing that my searchs are helping the world a little
I like startpage.com. It doesn’t save your searches and I feel like it gives better results than DDG. Also it’s been around for awhile - it used to be ixquick
Marginalia is cool. It feels like an old-school search engine and truly provides results you don't see through Google, et al.
I use stratpage. I find it reliable
I use a mix of all 3 search engines on firefox
startpage is alright if u want a quick alternative.
but definitely look into searx. it can be annoying to choose an instance (unless you self host!), but it can be a lot more customizable and decentralized
Duckduckgo and (downvotes incoming) brave search.
And I disagree with you, I don't know a single browser where you can't change the default search engine.
I like AskJeeves but a case can be made for WebCrawler
