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I could understand your point if they were literally the only option
But they're not.
So why choose the worst option when better exist?
And you know how money works right? The CEO gets money for your continued usage of their products and services. So by using it, you directly support all their shitty views.
Really not how that works... Do you use a phone? Guess you agree with child labor then cause they make money from your purchase
Did you read this part at all?
I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
Oh I read it, and don't care. Because all y'all have done is go on about how bad of a person I am for using a search engine, but no mention of any of these "great alternatives" I would love to hear some of these great alternatives that you speak of. If they can provide a better searching experience then I'd be happy to give them a shot.
Brave search does what I need it to so if another does it better I'd switch. But oh no my searches contribute pennies to someone bad that uses said pennies to make their browser worse to use. I have bigger things to worry about than a CEO whose ideals don't effect the thing I'm using (just now seeing the separate comment thread about selling search data)
Edit: I've been interacting from replies tab so I haven't seen any of the other context added to the overall discussion. Do you have any suggestions for a replacement that gives good quality web and image results? That's one thing that I can never find when I was degoogling was many search engines that could compete on image search.