Many “alternative” search engines are better for privacy, but they are still vulnerable to censorship, because they rely on g**gle and m*crosoft’s indices for their search results. This isn’t a deep-hidden secret either, many of them disclose what search index they use on the “about” page, for example:

There are still search engines that (claim to) maintain their own index. Most surprisingly, br*ve:

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    9 months ago

    You buy locally and grow your own. Those have their faults to. And I still complain when my wife buys kellogs. But come on man its the easiest shit in the world to not use a fucking browser that a cunt owns and operates. Its a browser, not food. Tech is some of the easiest shit to vet.