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> The problem with duckduckgo is that you are searching for something specific or something you saw months ago and don't remember well then google's index and tracking can be useful. At this point I don't treat search engines as some sort of dichotomy (Google or DDG or Edge, etc). Rather, I try to use them as a nice blend : Google for when I'm throwing darts at the dartboard and have no idea what I'm looking for, DDG…
Sounds like it would be nice to have a resurrection of Dogpile with a combination of Google and DDG.
Startpage is basic'ly Google results, but the filter bubble is "all Startpage users". Also brings back some of the search operators that Google disabled.
Qwant is a European search engine that brags about privacy, but the results are hit-and-miss for me so far...haven't used it much.