Many people are switching over to DuckDuckGo since Google has been pushing AI a lot lately. DDG has been around for years and has always put privacy first which is another plus for me. I'm starting to use DuckDuckGo more than Google and even Brave search.
DuckDuckGo is a great search engine and it's privacy features are top notch. I either use that, or Google search. Privacy is a big factor for me when searching online. I'm very weary of AI being pushed on everyone, leaving users without a choice.
I need to start using DuckDuckGo more. But I was informed that if you add -AI in your Google searches it prevents the AI overview from popping up so that's one way to negate AI if you still want to use Google.