I honestly think brave search is genuinely sometimes better than google, it shows actually relevant results and highlights community posts from websites like reddit and others.

And with goggles you can filter whatever results you don't like.

Although the big caveat is brave still uses Bing for image search, so it sucks.

I use SearXNG, so I can have my cake and eat it too, however I can't use UI based features, which is OK so far.

(On another note, man that new verge logo, what a waste, that old triangular logo was iconic and immediately recognizable)