My go to search engine is (please boost for greater exposure):

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@ctt https://uruky.com/whats-new
They added AI filtering based on open source ai slop lists as well for example

[nocci@social.ism.yt]

@ctt

searx ​​

[marcusdeh@social.doescher.me]

@ctt I'm quite happy with qwant. I use startpage when i don't find something, but that happens, idk, once or twice a month. Probably switching to a self hosted searxng instance soon.

[kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com]

@ctt Yandex for images

[normandunbar@mastodon.scot]

@ctt Actually, it's noai.duckduckgo.com for me.

[qccechris@mastodon.social]

@gary @ctt This is my default, too.

The waterfox / Qwant has peaked my interest reading above in the thread.

[edhaswell@ohai.social]

@ctt

Qwant or noai.duckduckgo

[movation@fnordon.de]

@ctt a blend, really. for some things startpage, sometimes duckduckgo, Google but only with the udm14 frontend. never bing

[teflontrout@beige.party]

@urlyman @ctt I like them but they partner w brave too so meh

[alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space]

@ctt

1. StartPage
2. Qwant

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@ctt DuckDuckGo NoAI, to be precise

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

@TeflonTrout thanks for the heads up

[sinvega@mas.to]

@ctt startpage, but they started with the fucking pissbots in a side panel not long ago too, so it's only a matter of time

occasionally use marginalia but that's very prone to finding nothing at all

[steveclough@metalhead.club]

@ctt DuckDuckGo at home - Ecosia on my work computer.

[lynastral@catgirl.center]

@ctt@social.lol searxng, otherwise startpage

[eggbreakerdotexe@transfem.social]

@ctt@social.lol Startpage

[theorem_poem@mstdn.social]

@ctt Google, but switching to duckduckgo and ecosia

[kleisli@mastodon.social]

@ctt actually it's @ecosia but I selected ecoasia instead.

[fizzfizzpopop@veganism.social]

@ctt Vivaldi

[pondolo@bologna.one]

@ctt

Free metasearch
https://searxng.noho.st/x/

More info
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