Interesting, I remember a lot of people switching from Google and even seeing billboard ads for DDG. Even Ecosia, the site I use myself, is just returning Bing results (which are somewhat less ideologically curated compared to Google results). I don't like Bing either (Microsoft are a criminal enterprise). Has anyone used another search engine to recommend for privacy and good social values?
The top Google results for most images are from Pinterest and require an account to view them full size. I've heard "they are good at SEO" as an explanation, but I think Google would rather boost Pinterest to further the goal of a closed internet.