On one hand, google has been shown several time to quite literally censor certain keywords/topics out of their results, so in that regard yes. As for the quali

On one hand, google has been shown several time to quite literally censor certain keywords/topics out of their results, so in that regard yes. As for the quality of results overall, depends if you value "what the crowd thinks". I personally don't, but i can see the value of it, especially when searching something very niche where the google search right now can semi-comprehend the context and give you the ~best answer. For me, I haven't daily-drove google search since 2015 (ddg, startpage,customized searx all work fine for me), so i can't say that i know the nitty-gritty besides using google to compare results between engines.It gave me the impression of becoming an echo-chamber due to the "fact-checking" role google assumed.