[TheForumTroll]

DDG users sound an awful lot like evangelists.

You could do both privacy and good search results without using DDG: startpage.com

You can also have at least as good privacy (better in my opinion) and better search results (again, in my opinion) with other search engines: qwant.com

What is it those two examples doesn't have that DDG does have? The evangelist feel of DDG really turns me off and I'm sure it scares many off from ever looking at it. It is a bit like listening to Apple fans talking about Steve 'The Juice' Jobs.

[BeetleB]

No idea why you're getting downvoted - I've felt similarly about DDG - why do people prefer it so much over startpage?

[ams6110]

I use DDG and have never heard of startpage before. Checking it out.