I second duckduckgo, been using them for five years, they are legit. Those who are still using google, just try this: Search for anything that you haven't searched for the past 2-3 years.. F.E., google 3-5 times interior design, home painting, carpentry etc, things that relate to home renovation and design. Then go take a shower or shit, come out and refresh your facebook/ insta/ twitter... VOILA! you magically start seeing designers, painters, contractors' ads.. you might even see Mark Lee's face from one of the interior designers' firms. Congratulations, your search info has just been sold as CPI or CPC...
Here's a quote from Lifewire, "For many of us,
Google is the slightly unpleasant co-worker we put up with because they're really good at its job. The degree to which Google tracks you is as astonishing as it is endemic to the use of their services. It saves and tracks search results, of course, but it also tracks so much more: current location, webpage analytics, web browsing history, and more beyond.
Google is likely the largest tracker of human behavior in recorded history. "
https://www.lifewire.com/duckduckgo-vs-google-4570974
How to change:
- Open your Chrome browser.
- Hit enter and Bookmark the website.
- Now, go to Settings by clicking at the top right.
- Under "Search engine," click Manage search engines.
- Find "Other search engines."
- To the right of DuckDuckGo search engine, click More.
- Select Make default.
- That's it.