Startpage is good, anonymized, and respects privacy. You will encounter ads and cards, but they can be blocked. Fully usable and functional with or without an account. It is also themeable with a dark mode. Results are pulled from Google, but DDG’s results were pulled from Bing and anonymized.
Since I started using it I raaaaarely open Google’s search.
Actually my 54th Birthday is comming up in a couple of months. Good job but sooo close.
I am younger than Woodstock and “The Summer of Love” but older than Disco.
As long as they use “Leader of the Free World” for their President without giving me a vote and the fact that American Policy is also very influential in my Country means that I don’t have a vote but I sure as hell have an opinion, and a more educated one than many Americans. I follow American Politics and Policy daily.
I couldn’t watch past the Federation/Fediverse discussion. You can have several words for the same thing. There is no such thing as a “real word” so long as it fits the language. Language is a living evolving thing. And I watched and by that point they didn’t even get into how it works and explained everything but.
This works until, and here me out… you have to work on the engine. You won’t be able to get to half the block to do anything.
Yeah, but for those on a budget that subscription is a pain point. So long as you can afford it easy it is good because you are no longer the product, but that will keep allot of people at bay.