Best, safest search engine for your *fox browser?

Having no time for deep research, counting on your experience, I’m asking you that question.
Fennec is the browser that proposes most search engines OOTB.

Which is best, safest?
Opposite question answer is partially obvious for me: Bing and Google.
Why DDG is bad? Lite mode is unusable with deeper configuration, HTML looks good, Startpage doesn’t work ATM (blank page of search results, maybe because UltimaDark extension), and Mojeek… is weird and cringe. Sometimes doesn’t find anything and redirects to other engines.
That’s what I noticed after quick tests.

I use my own search engine for that matter.

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It was you that mentioned alternatives I even didn’t know on another topic?
Scraper for example.
Sorry for dumb question by I’m particpating in so many topics that I can’t remember all.
Some solutions given here on this forum are not even for me. I am not that Pro, just another ordinary user hobbist.

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I will suggest in order:
Startpage/Mojeek
Qwant Lite/Brave
DDG Lite/DDG

Also, I completely understand you being a newbie on this.

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I’ve quit using Google some time ago, I’ve never used Chrome for longer time.
There was saying about IE on windows,: it’s an app to download Firefox :joy: it’s the same with chrome now. You need to use chrome to download app for frp workaround on some devices. Nvm.

I’m interested in developing my security attitude, but I have to compromise. Some apps required for my work are only Google infected.
Lately my dear friend accused me of sending him a virus through Facebook link, Google disk link and haveibeenpwned link. Was a slap on my face. Can you believe it he was so scared that his dozen passwords for fake accounts used for netflix were endangered that he blames me???..
I labelled him badly after that.
iPhone user. Using only chrome for dozen years :joy::rofl:

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I’m using SearXNG but the results are not what I expect them to be…
Recently both the maintainers who originally forked SearXNG left the project: I'm leaving the SearXNG project. · GitHub

I’m thinking to switch to Brave or https://leta.mullvad.net/

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I use 4Get and LibreY for my personal usage. My own instances for both of them updated on time.

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Ok, making some researches in this sleepless night… Using ChatGPT :laughing:
My short conclusions are: I would like to go no Bing way first (so would have to exclude DDG, I don’t know if it’s possible as this small and frequently updated browser is good for older devices, where *fox doesn’t fit, and dark mode works OOTB), then no Google way, (although Startpage declares no tracking it uses Google results)
Seems that Mojeek is the only fully independent engine with only own index based searches.
Starting with a last one I may go for compromises with a Startpage and DDG.
Ecosia uses only Bing results (which I don’t want) and Qwant own index + Bing.

Another problem that occurred midway is that some engine pages (Mojeek, Startpage) are not displayed properly with my dark mode extension… TBC…

Try my instance: 4G once. It is a scraper btw.
Or as @shuvashish76 states the leta one too.

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