The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it’s you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options!
There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.io/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.
Every time I post these guides, there is always feedback on things that can improve, or I got wrong. Please do share, as it is the best way for these to evolve.
What’s wrong with DDG? I noticed that the result quality deteriorated in the last months. It now displays a lot of garbage results that are based on the most common of the entered search terms and completely ignores the rest, just like Google does. They also have an AI that gives answers which are actually related to the search query. This seems to be an effort to push AI by artificially worsening search results. Even with quotes its almost impossible to find anything that isn’t completely trivial.