https://duckduckgo.com/

Free, does not take your data, you can turn the ai thing on and off

Would recommend trying SearXNG

Paraphrased from Wikipedia:

SearxNG is a free and open-source metasearch engine that provides agggregated search results, available under AGPL-3.0, with the aim of protecting its users privacy.

• SearXNG Wikipedia Article
• SearXNG Github Repo

u block optional list under "annoyances"

I disabled the Google app to get rid of the annoying android ai powered "circle to search". Now when I accidentally hold the home button, it says "To use Circle to Search, first enable the Google app".

Why can't I rebind that in stock android?

We all need to stop giving them money, that means data. We gotta get everyone we know to stop too.

Behold, an ancient relic from an earlier age of the interwebs: http://blackle.com/

Originally intended to cut power usage in the days of CRT monitors, it continues to deliver old-style google results for reasons unknown

Though Google is probably still tracking you through it.

https://docs.searxng.org/

https://metager.org/ does the trick

Click on "Web" (or add &udm=14 to the URL), save as new search engine / bookmark.

Is google still provides the best results and meets your needs best there are extensions that remove the ai overview :)

https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/