It still makes them highly untrustworthy. If Nestle would get caught putting lead into their chocolate would you still happily consume their coffee? “It’s just their chocolate”.
You could give SearXNG a try (for example https://searx.be/). There are multiple instances and it works by fetching results from different search engines.
DDG is also a for profit venture and uses privacy more as a marketing ploy. They’ve been caught allowing Microsoft trackers.
That was their browser though and you shouldn’t use a Chromium based browser anyway if you value privacy (and the future of the web for that matter).
It still makes them highly untrustworthy. If Nestle would get caught putting lead into their chocolate would you still happily consume their coffee? “It’s just their chocolate”.
Yeah, you have to be wary of whatever online service you use. I don’t really trust DDG but I trust the alternatives less.
You could give SearXNG a try (for example https://searx.be/). There are multiple instances and it works by fetching results from different search engines.