I default to Bing on desktop, and DDG on mobile. For a specific search, I often give-up, and begrudgingly revert. It's obvious that Google search has become th

I default to Bing on desktop, and DDG on mobile. For a specific search, I often give-up, and begrudgingly revert. It's obvious that Google search has become the better product, but quality has wavered in the past 5 years, it's been on an uptrend. That on occasion the search task reports a 1.4s delay is actually reassuring. Functioning operator search, Scholar, and Books seem to be the distinct advantage Google has for many of my use cases. My biggest issue with all of the big players is the gaslighting and erosion. They need to dogfood everything. When my keyboard ime is suddenly under attack, and it gets stuck that way for months, it's time to look at how you're doing things.