Possibly, though as another commenter mentioned, using the noai URL for the moment is a good way to voice discontent. Not using it just falls into the “everyone uses google” narrative in a different way.

https://voteyesornoai.com/

If DDG’s own poll didn’t spell that out for them, I don’t think they care.

AI should be a choice. Here’s where you stand.

Voting has closed. See the final results of the public vote on AI.

Well that’s interesting as a poll result. 👍

The article behind the link at the bottom of the site shows that this is a marketing stunt

the poll numbers are still 😇

Yeah, fair point. I wish DDG were going in a different direction.
Yeah, that’s why I’m getting away from them. Thankfully the issue I was having seems to be a config issue and not a problem with SearxNG.