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These are the ones I use (Kagi needs to be logged in, but you could use Privacy Pass with their extension for anonymous searching - I haven't tested if it needs any extra configuration to block AI with Privacy Pass)
The
start=1parameter on DDG keeps it from doing the first run popups when searching in private windows.~~Also, I haven't tried but you can theoretically mix and match suggest URLs with different search engines if you wanted to somehow decouple search suggestions from actual searches.~~
Edit: on second thought, that's effectively just doubling the number of entities who know what you're searching for. I see no privacy benefit to decoupling. Perhaps something to do if one engine's suggestions are pure trash.
Why anyone would ever trust Brave after their affiliate link hijacking is beyond me.
They're scummy crypto bros, but in my anecdotal testing, their search engine is more likely to turn up useful results than DDG.
They are, however, a fallback to the fallback in my search flow, so they get used like 1x/year. There would be little benefit to searching another Bing clone after DDG, and I have no interest in searching Google, so this is where I've landed.
Would be happy to expand the list if you have suggestions for search engines, and the associated codes for blocking AI summaries in private searches.
have you looked into startpage?
https://www.startpage.com/en/about-us/
They're fine in a pinch, they used to be a Google clone but in the past couple of years the quality has gone down and it seems they mostly source from Bing (though they dont provide statistics) (https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4522435533844-What-is-the-relationship-between-Startpage-and-your-search-partners-like-Google-and-Microsoft-Bing)
Since DDG also primarily uses Bing, it does not provide any added value to my searchflow, so I'm not sure what is required to block AI in private searches on Startpage.
Thanks for that I was having trouble figuring out the address I had to plug into get DDG no ai to work as my default search