Microsoft trackers?
Once you start using DuckDuckGo with "bangs," it's hard to go back. Just add "!" followed by a platform's initials to your query for a site-specific search.
'!chat' for AI, '!r' for reddit, and '!yt', & 13,567+ 🤍🤌
If you're still using Google, give DDG a serious try. When you really need Google results, just add "!g" to your query. It's simple yet powerful.
DDG isn't perfect, but Google is worse—it's not even close.
Learn more about DDG bangs and maybe try it as your default search engine for a few days: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
Discussion
Yes, in fact, DuckDuckGo's default search is also a Bing wrapper.
Brave seems to be the best available option; it does some tracking but is at least building its own index. The results aren't there yet, but they are improving.
Overall, none of them are perfect, but they're still nowhere near what Google does. I personally wanted to reduce Google usage, and DDG has definitely helped with that.
I use Brave a lot. Its great. One-click Tor functionality is nice too!