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DDG is just a custom wrapper for bing and explicitly gives some microsoft trackers a pass.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/
Sadly enough there is no practical independent search engine that doesn’t try to track you. The best option i know is a self hosted searxng, which still relies on google/bing/others for results but is designed to block all trackers equally without special exemptions.
It’s a paid product, but I’ve heard good things about Kagi.
And there's a cute doggo!
That article is about duckduckgo browser, just use duckduckgo in firefox?
p.s. just stop using google products, nothing is perfect, just move over to the best service for you that is privacy respecting. In this case duckduckgo as a search engine alone is a good choice.
See? We should have kept Ask Jeeves around!
Oh Jeeves! I miss that bastard!
Lycos! Go get Jeeves back boy! C'mon Buddy!!
Also I have noticed DDG is massively censoring their results and I have completely moved to Ecosia and Startpage after years of DDG.