I found DuckDuckGo to be fantastic in the sense it pulls things that may not usually be displayed to you through Google, almost like a metal detector with a wider range. I also notice because of its private nature, when searching for something based on location, you need to be quite specific as it hasn’t predetermined your current location and tailored its results to places near you. This sometimes returns funny results and I’ve had to jump back to Google to find a local place. For email, I am a fan of ProtonMail, there is also an app so logging in and checking emails is easy, and it’s encrypted, apparently :)
Yeah I have found the same thing! Didnt realise how much Google controlled what you see in your search results!
Awesome I will keep Protonmail in mind for the future when I get around to changing from Gmail :)