Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?

Bing because google is evil.

Google because I need the best results in the least amount of time. I’ve tried switching to DuckDuckGo and I just find myself using the !g way too much to justify the switch.

well, certainly not DDG, since it's blocked in Iran. :/

DuckDuckGo. I went back and forth between DDG and Google a number of times before I managed to stick with DDG. I rarely go to Google at this point, only in cases where the search is extremely specific and it really needs Google’s omnipresent eye. DDG’s results have gotten a lot better in the last year or so and the !bangs are super handy.

Meanwhile Google is experimenting tirelessly with AI that ‘corrects’ my searches, pushes mentally draining and content starved hype sites to the top and redirects me to buggy AMP versions of sites that were fine previously.

Mostly Google. I am yet to find a search engine that gives better results for technical queries. Google just works.