@schratze I just started using Kagi a few days ago, based on recommendations here, and so far I'm quite happy. I'm paying $5/month, which seems well worth it. (There's a free option so you can give it a try.)
Edit: No longer using Kagi; see https://sfba.social/@jeridansky/111722081869975338
Today's bit of irony: Like many others, I dropped #Kagi as my search engine after it announced its affiliation with Brave (which has an odious CEO) & replied poorly to objections. So now I'm trying @[email protected], which is one of the few with its own index. It doesn't run ads (although it has in the past), doesn't have paid subscriptions like Kagi does & hasn't taken VC money. So I wrote & asked how it stays afloat. Reply from its CEO: "We have an income from API customers, for example Kagi."