After hearing Google is trying to switch to more AI when I already hate AI search results, I am over it. I was reading a few posts and they all have different suggestions. So I’m just gonna list some things and see if you guys can help direct me 
Most important things to me:
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Functional image searcher with little to no AI image results. I am an artist and CONSTANTLY use image search for drawing references. The recent uptick in images being AI generated is frustrating me because the anatomy is never correct, and that’s the important part of searching for drawing references.
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Boolean search. I learned this in high school and it immediately made finding what I need for drawing references or research easier, so I was sad when it stopped working properly on google.
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Doesn’t push AI articles above actual helpful things, preferrably doesn’t push sponsored/paid search results in general.
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Easier to get results from smaller websites? There’s really good small websites out there and it’s a shame they’re all getting swallowed.
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Privacy (?) I have been using the internet for 10+ years without being worried about my privacy, I’m probably already doomed, so it’s not the most important to me but would be nice.
also, is using the Brave app wise? I am using it for its adblocker and will consider another app if it’s better and has an adblocker.
Searxng / Searx (stylized as searX) is a free and open-source metasearch engine, available under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users. To this end, Searx does not share users’ IP addresses or search history with the search engines from which it gathers results. Tracking cookies served by the search engines are blocked, preventing user-profiling… Wikipedia
I use Duckduckgo for most searches. Often go back to Google for maps and related searches. Have not found anything better at maps and street views.
Gibiru,Dogpile,Presearch,Mojeek,Kagi
Kagi may work for you. It’s a paid search engine, but it’s worth it. You can make lenses to search for things in specific ways or whatever, and it’s basically what Google should have been
I use ecosia, and the results i got are pretty good.
It’s the only search engine i would turn the ads off for
Startpage, google but anonimous
I’m looking at Kagi. I don’t love paying for search - but ultimately it’s expensive to run a search engine (or to license results from one), it’s gotta get paid for somehow. That can be ads or it can be data mining or it can be payments from users. I’d rather have the search engine see me as the customer, not the raw material to be processed and sold.
They have a $5/mo plan for 300 searches - so that’s like $0.0167 per search if you use all of them.
I tend to jump between duckduckgo and startpage, although both have their little irritations. Gets me what I need, in the end.
I abandoned Google as soon as ddg showed up. I squirm a bit whenever I hear people mention it, nowadays.
firefox for browser and duckduckgo for search engine
Ecosia in my mobile and desktop Chrome browser, Norton search in Edge. I had to give up StartPage, it doesn’t work with vpn. By the way, Ecosia has both mobile and desktop browsers, but it is better to use what you are used to by changing the settings, in your case search settings.
Kagi, best $10/month I spend.
I use brave browser and duck duck go search currently. There’s no single solution that checks every box, so you just gotta figure out what sucks the least for you.
Brave Search, Qwant, Startpage, and SearXNG.
Love searx but find it a bit painful to use
Brave search is pretty light on the Ai stuff and still gives some actual results.
Just switched to presearch after seeing it here. Was using etools but presearch appears to be similar and looks great.
Use Presearch or set up your browser to use Reddit as search engine directly.
Doesn’t exist the whole west is done, we are already over decade into it
