Re: DDG != Bing ?
Isn't DuckDuckGo using Bing! in the background?
[citation needed]
Even if they do, that doesn't mean they're not protecting your privacy. They're a damn sight better than google. But I'll be curious to see your citations.
No surprise Google comes first.
Indeed - they own the OS. Which means that they get to a) can put themselves in first place regardless of user preferences and how much other providers pay, and b) not pay anything to get themselves listed. Unlike every. other. search provider on the planet.
choice is good results but no privacy vs bad quality searches
I've had DDG as my default for maybe a decade now. In maybe one out of every 50 searches I don't find what I'm looking for and have to use another search engine. I wouldn't call that "bad quality" at all.