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

[teknomagic@todon.eu]

@ctt I use Qwant

[r4mp@procial.tchncs.de]

@ctt@social.lol SearXNG

[uwe_m@rheinneckar.social]

@ctt
Startpage ‍️

[__j5s7__@mastodon.social]

@ctt MetaGer (https://metager.de/)

[ulfi@troet.cafe]

@ctt
Mojeekp / qwant /startpage

[lock@norden.social]

@wortezimmer @CppGuy @cris @ctt this +1

[sebhans@hachyderm.io]

@ctt Qwant

[exiltoaster@fedifreu.de]

@Hammerwell @ctt But even there, in the results are more and more websites that are AI generated and actually have no relevant content to the topic you are looking for.

[janouille@piaille.fr]

@ctt startpage

[the_escapist@mastodon.social]

@ctt @StartpageSearch

[daumenlutscher@fedifreu.de]

@ctt duckduckgo with no AI!

[hammerwell@troet.cafe]

@exiltoaster @ctt Yes, that can't be helped. And they directly state what exactly they do. "With DuckDuckGo, AI is optional and private. We've turned off: AI-assisted answers, AI-generated images, AI feature suggestions

[loyhena@eldritch.cafe]

@ctt

qwant

[viennawriter@literatur.social]

@ctt noai.duckduckgo.com

[traigott@swiss.social]

@ctt

Firefox browser

I’ve installed the add-ons uBlock Origin and Ghostery in Firefox.

Then you’ll never see any adverts.

[blanchepage@piaille.fr]

@ctt
"No AI Duck duck go"

[personofinterest@nrw.social]

@ctt startpage

[viennawriter@literatur.social]

@urlyman But you could make DDG-NoAI search a bookmark on your standard browser on iOS. If you're using Safari, you can also put it on your home screen. Not the same thing as the standard search engine, but maybe a workaround? @skylark13 @ctt

[leon_miller@fosstodon.org]

@ctt I mostly use DuckDuckGo (which I voted for), but also SearXNG https://searx.space/

[kiki@troet.cafe]

@ctt
Startpage