Google maps is still the best for looking up local businesses and reviews. I wish people would go back to using a modern version of yellow pages.

In Ecosia's settings you can set it to primarily use Google results instead of Bing. Makes it a lot more enjoyable to use.

Late to reply but: from what I heard, Kagi is really good at search (at least when it comes to filters and the such, not sure about base results), but it's paid so that's a disadvantage (and also a plus since you don't get ads nor is your data being sold off), and it's US based. DuckDuckGo also uses Bing but I guess they have more sources than just them. In my experience it's about the same, maybe a bit better on DDG, both have shebangs (! for DDG, # for Ecosia) which I find extremely useful.

Eventually they'll stop using G and MAYBE they have better impact in the climate. Why be a fucking prick about it?

Late reply but: Ecosia lets you choose between Google or Bing, but I guess that isn't really your point. The main thing is it anonymises your searches, so you do get some additional privacy. Additionally, the hope is that one day they build their own index. They just recently announced that they're gonna start one with Qwant.