Since DuckDuckGo introduced AI search I switched to Qwant. Now they also force you to look at stupid and sponsored AI slop results. As these are both privacy focused sites I am starting to wonder if we will lose real search (i.e. I click on links I think are interesting) Switching to startpage.com for now.
You can turn off the AI features on the majority of these. Kagi is another option I’ve been enjoying.
Yes until you delete your cookies… Having AI as default is whats my problem.
DuckDuckGo has a noai subdomain. No cookies required.