Been using SearXNG for about a year now, and I just can’t deal with instances constantly getting blocked by search engines anymore. So I’d like to find something a bit more reliable. I’ve read that DuckDuckGo has had some controversies in the past, and I wouldn’t touch Brave with a 39 and a half foot pole.
This might interest you. Tl;dr, engines recommended besides DDG, Brave and SearX are:
MetaGer, Mojeek, Swisscows, Qwant and YaCy
Man that website was so useful, thank you for linking it