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

[owlyph@cosocial.ca]

@ctt qwant.com is very good

[linglass@hcommons.social]

@ml @ctt Startpage looks appealing! But it's just for mobile apps, right?

[ml@ecoevo.social]

@LingLass I use it in my browser, not on my phone.

[iris@neuromatch.social]

@ctt Qwant [edit: but based on replies here, checking out Uruky for a month]

[sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online]

@ctt
Mojeek on phone, Qwant on one laptop, Duckduckgo (noai) on other laptop.

[f@social.okoyono.de]

@ctt SearXNG

[alrj@hostux.social]

@ctt Startpage

[the_rebel@procial.tchncs.de]

@ctt@social.lol #MetaGer

[leeloo@c.im]

@ctt
StartPage.

Basically a Google frontend that blocks the tracking, AI, etc.

[louisy@mastodon.nl]

@ctt startpage.com

[lunadragofelis@void.lgbt]

@ctt Qwant

[dess@gts.klaji.dev]

@ctt local instance of searxng

[john@fediverse-rocks.de]

@ctt Startpage

[dirkhaun@tinycities.net]

@ctt Metager

[hammerwell@troet.cafe]

@ctt https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

[fanfalla@meow.social]

@ctt Searxng for me.

[matera@mastodon.sdf.org]

@ctt
I've gotten used to StartPage, so it's my current default, but I still play around, and of course I have to use the Duck for Bangs now and then.

Ecosia disillusioned me quickly.

[alesroubicek@indieweb.social]

@ctt https://StartPage.com

[scottwilson@infosec.exchange]

@ctt @QueerMatters

Specifically, this DuckDuckGo No AI Search, which I save as a custom search engine:

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%s

[kyonshi@dice.camp]

@ctt I am using a searxng installation on my vps, although that's only as good as the search engine it uses. I think by now most of my search results come from bing and ddg, with qwant and ecosia mixed in.

It has its own problems though. It's slightly slower (after all it queries first go to other engines) and for some stuff the results really aren't good. Anytime I search for a specific product available locally I have to turn to Google or ddg instead.