There's definitely been a move towards de-googling and more pro-privacy services. I'd tried DDG in the past but found their response times a bit slow (perhaps

There's definitely been a move towards de-googling and more pro-privacy services. I'd tried DDG in the past but found their response times a bit slow (perhaps due to Bing API?) but that does not seem to be the case now, moreso because they switched from Amazon to Microsoft servers. DDG is perhaps the best known private search engine, though Mojeek and Startpage were pro-privacy a good number of years earlier. searchenginemap.com is quite useful for exploring some of the alternative private engines, and shows who powers their search results. It is English focused. Not a huge DDG fan but appreciate they're offering privacy on a larger English speaking search index, and would prefer people use it over Google if they can help it.