Yeah I don’t like Google either, and I actually didn’t use Google search as default for years, but used Qwant instead.
I really liked Qwant, but they often complain that I search too much, and I got annoyed by that.
I’ve also used Startpage and DuckDuckGo, they all have their strengths, like not being Google 😋 . And Google seems to have CLEARLY gotten worse IMO.
I was just trying to get a breather, and use a no hassle option for a while, which now seems to be failing.
The only other problem I had with Qwant was in fact maps/geographical searches suck, but since that doesn’t work with Google either, maybe I should just go back to Qwant?
I’m still wondering though if this Google maps thing with Google searches is a general thing, or maybe geographical or browser dependent?