I am sure there is a good reason for this. I am looking for alternatives to google, and these to be the ones that pop-up most often.
RESOLVED: I used up my 100 searches in kagi pretty quickly, and the experience was really nice. I am quite anti-subscription, so I won’t continue using it. I eliminated brave from my search due to the crypto stuff and whatnot. I am now using mojeek, which gave me better results over DDG when searching for niche stuff. Also I like mojeeks interface a lot more.
You may want to reconsider your stance on subscriptions if you’re looking to degoogle and go towards more privacy. General stance in the community (if I remember right) is that if you’re not paying for the product, YOU are the product. Meaning they will likely be sharing more information, even if inadvertently through ad networks and whatnot.
If it is on the internet, not self hosted, you are typically the product if you pay or do not pay.