Comment by zaggynl

Regarding Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/startpage-articles/...

https://web.archive.org/web/20210729190016/https://support.s...

The original link is dead for some reason: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...

TL;DR: Startpage appears owned by an ad company? https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.bizjournals.com/losa...

Could someone explain to me how an ad company and a privacy company work together? Seems like opposing interests?

Maybe Ecosia will be a good alternative later on: https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp/

Another suggestion would be https://searx.space/