Try Qwant or some of the lesser-known engines. Qwant is so good, I have been using it on a daily basis for months.
Never heard of Qwant, but I checked it out and agree with you. On first glance it definitely appears better than Duckduckgo.
It’s also more graphically appealing than both Google and Duckduckgo.
As for Google, I would ask: are you in business? If so, it’s important that your company have a presence on Google because that’s what 90% of searches in North America use.
Apart from its political bias, Google sets a valuable standard of excellence in search quality and search security. And it’s certain that Bing, DDGo, Qwant and the rest of the search engines use Google search as their main source of search results in the English language — then modify those results to suit their target audience or their own agenda.
But I like Qwant. It deserves to be given more attention, so perhaps I’ll make that available in this homepage as a substitute for Duckduckgo.
I think the Deep State has an interest in seeing a not-so- professional search engine like Duckduckgo being available.