To switch to an European alternative, there has to be a European alternative. What is the EU doing to encourage and facilitate companies building these alternatives?
Qwant France EU Hosting
Sure, but the search engine behind is monstly Bing.
Startpage Netherlands EU Hosting
Use Bing and Google
Ecosia Germany EU Hosting
Use Bing, Google Yahoo and Wikipedia
This is not how you build alternative platforms.
The only true Independents search engine are Brave Search and Kagi both from the US.
The EU can't compete, we are lagging behind.
Disclaimer: I work at Brave.
More reglementation, more regulation, more bureaucracy and a lot of talks. Some more officials and "researchers" will be employed to talk about it even more.