Give Searx a look, for example at https://searx.me https://searx.me , but there's many other public instances running, because -- unlike DDG -- it's fully free

Give Searx a look, for example at https://searx.me https://searx.me , but there's many other public instances running, because -- unlike DDG -- it's fully free software, https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ Of course the level of privacy is determined by whoever is hosting it, but at least there's a choice there.