yes - it’s a recent thing, no more that a few months I think

Not just you.

DDG has deteriorated to absolute nonsense, I’ve used it for years and years.

Recently gave startpage another go - maybe marginally better but still really poor

Safe space for teens cos playing as communists, where they can be nasty to outsiders.

I like the politics, but it’s filled with truly obnoxious children try to out-communist each other

the philosopher Bertrand Russell warned of the dangers of communisms tendency to become a religious cult and he was right.