When I started becoming a bit more privacy-conscious, a couple of years ago, I started using uMatrix. I used it, amongst other things, to disable javascript. I

When I started becoming a bit more privacy-conscious, a couple of years ago, I started using uMatrix. I used it, amongst other things, to disable javascript. I thought DDG didn't work with javascript disabled (then I realized I had mis-configured uMatrix) and because of that I used Bing for 1yr+. It's actually quite good. Very rarely I need Google. After I managed to get DDG working without JS, I moved to DDG. Also quite good. I think Google is no longer miles ahead of the competition, and I suspect hasn't been in a while.