Lesson 4 of 5
Switch to a private search engine
Set it as default and forget.
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DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Kagi and Startpage all return useful results without building a profile of you. Set one as your default search engine and your address bar stops feeding an ad network.
You can still use Google for specific queries; you just won't be giving it everything.
Key takeaways
- Default search engine drives most of your queries.
- Switching is free and reversible.
- Some engines are paid (Kagi) for ad-free results.