I like DDG lite a lot, but I need to be able to search for images :c

SearXNG seems to be free and private, checkmate!

I personally think people are overreacting, but hey, we’re on lemmy after all…

I use these instances: https://search.inetol.net/ https://search.hbubli.cc/ It’s working great so far. The only issue im having is that it pulls Chinese results every once in a while.

Startpage seems like a pretty good alternative. I read their privacy policy and it looks pretty solid.

Another $10 subscription just to browse the web… I don’t think it’s for me.

It’s probably not that big of a deal, but I just don’t want anything to do with Microsoft.

This is the best answer.