@matt @Skwerlgyrl @Petesmom @Vivaldi I know that System1 Startpage owned, but there isn't any data which Startpage send to it, nor to any other third party

Here you can read the whole story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage

@marc_eu @Skwerlgyrl @Petesmom @Vivaldi @Mojeek @kagihq

yes, was the first search assistant ever >4 years ago, former LazyWeb, I use it since than, before the AI hype.

Independent AI for semantic search, by a small startup of two devs, Jed White and Angie Hoover, more reliable as any other (independent tests) as what it is, apart of an active privacy protection (random proxy, sandboxed results, own reader mode, watching YT videos in the search result), no logs, no tracking, no ads or SEO crap, anonymous and free. It's way different from any other.
Instead of halucinations if it don't find the answer, it offers a traditional websearch.

For the search of concepts and clear questions is way better as normal search engines, which only search expresions, means, showing 50000 pages which have nothing to do with your question.

Andi gives clear answers, contrastet with sources of several pages.

@marc_eu @Skwerlgyrl @Petesmom @Vivaldi @Mojeek @kagihq
yes, Kagi is good, but in view of dozends of excelent search engines, I don't feel like using one that requires a registration and payment, with this it's no longer private.
With those I use I find all what I want, enough to contrast results.

@marc_eu @Skwerlgyrl @Petesmom @Vivaldi @Mojeek

Yes, Startpage use the Google index, but not its sniffing, tracking nor logs and no AI, all behind proxy. I use it mostly for image search with better results as with others.
It's from the Netherlands.

@Petesmom @Vivaldi, why not an European search engine, like Startpage, Mojeek, Metager, Swisscows....? All without AI

@Vivaldi @protonprivacy @infomaniak_network @Mastodon @StartpageSearch @Qwant @ecosia @Mojeek @libreoffice @Tutanota @jolla @volla @murena

I missed FairPhone (NL) in the List. It's maybe the most sostainable phone in the market, you can change, update or substitute any component by yourself if you want, without the need of an workshop if something break or get obsolete.

https://www.fairphone.com/repairs