You may not trust DDG and their search providers but
Why would you trust Google?
I trust that DDG pseudo-anonymizes my search queries.
I'd like for Google to not make wild ML based guesses on my searches AND other activities in Googlespace. Since you work at Google you should know what I am talking about.
The advantage of DDG is that potential misuse of my data is greatly minimized over Google ecosystem.
In an ideal world search would be completely separated from other activities (Maps, Mail, Video, Phone etc etc).
Siderant:
Also Google search quality has homogenized over the years. It is debatable if that is an improvement.
That is you only get main authoritative(SO,Wikipedia,etc) sources OR SEOed results in Top 10.
It is rare to see an honest enthusiast page in Top 10.
I realize that it is a hard problem to solve but it seems Google researchers have not progressed.
I trust that DDG pseudo-anonymizes my search queries.
I'd like for Google to not make wild ML based guesses on my searches AND other activities in Googlespace. Since you work at Google you should know what I am talking about.
The advantage of DDG is that potential misuse of my data is greatly minimized over Google ecosystem.
In an ideal world search would be completely separated from other activities (Maps, Mail, Video, Phone etc etc).
Siderant: Also Google search quality has homogenized over the years. It is debatable if that is an improvement.
That is you only get main authoritative(SO,Wikipedia,etc) sources OR SEOed results in Top 10.
It is rare to see an honest enthusiast page in Top 10.
I realize that it is a hard problem to solve but it seems Google researchers have not progressed.