hiya, when i try and download it from windows, it is paid. When I try and use it online I have to request a demo. What am I doing wrong

How come? You can swap to google, but google is bad with censorship. I would have said braves index is the best independent index (other than google). Main reason I won’t use brave is it not being open source search engine. With this I get best of both worlds.

I get that but I’m honestly not that fussed about features or index’s 99 times out of 100 my search is just a simple one to find a specific website or news article

Was this during beta?

I’ll have to check this out

Yes, but unless you have god hardware it won’t be a direct replacement ):

Brave I think If not then ungoogled chromium

It is paid and/or open source

Can anyone vouch for this? Is it open source? What is it’s privacy policy

Looks good! I’ll add it to the list. Google voice and google pay are by far the hardest to replace

Thanks. It’s updated now

Im sorry I was in a rush. I just wanted the community’s opinion for the mega thread if recommendations just launched

It does, but why Ubuntu?

lazy typist.

Startpage is owned by an ad agency

What instance would you recommend?

did librewolf change it from ddg???

Out of all of the three, I would say startpage is the cleanest. DDG has had a fair few controversies https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ . So I think they are off the list atm, I may consider brave search but I’m not sure.

what do you main?

I do like DDG, but it feels like its getting more bloated, furthermore I would prefer a EU based service rather than an american one. sorry but this might put you off ddg https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/