I think you are right.

Personally, I find duckduckgo to be an excellent option; it does almost all of my search for me, with none of the privacy issues.

if you make it your default search, you can revert to google by using the banged g operator (g!), which will anonymize and then submit your search string to google. very seamless; very convenient; more privacy.

disclaimer: no personal affiliation with ddg