[VladTheImplier]

>implying Google is the only one

I wouldn't say so. First of all, outside the anglosphere and europe google ain't that popular. Slavic countries mostly use Yandex and Asia has Baidu. Whilst Google is globally represented, it does not have a global monopoly, at least on the Search Engine market.

Also I have switched to DuckDuckGo and I must say, that I do get better results, with the absence of personalization. Living in Germany, mostly using english systems and speaking russian gave always half baked results, where searching for anything programming related was a hit and miss affair, even after tweaking search language. With non-personalized results I find myself finding stuff more quickly, at least related to my work.

With the recent wave of "leaving Google" movements, I think it is the single best time for others to step up.

[rm_-rf_slash]

I switched to DDG and my search results are just as accurate as google. Certain conveniences like showing me store hours and expected wait times are surely missed, but not missed enough to get me to switch back to Google.