I stopped using google as my main search engine about 4 months ago. Duckduckgo.com is comparable in most ways, except things like maps are a bit less visually enjoyable to use.

deliberate, here’s the defintion

This is why I have 4 accounts on 4 different instances. If one goes down I just start browsing on the other. 😀 👍

Deliberately using an alternative is a form of protesting.