Perhaps online privacy education is working...
DuckDuckGo is the 4th most used search engine in the country, after Google, Bing and Yahoo. They have steadily increased usage within the US market at a rate of almost 5x's since 2017.
Do you think other large search engines will follow this model?
Love Duckduckgo (Link) as a search engine. I have also had a good experience with a lesser known search engine Swiss Cows (Link).
Check out this article about the top privacy search engines for 2022.
https://restoreprivacy.com/private-search-engine/
Let us know if you like any!