I do know that if you have search suggestions on then everything you type is sent to your search engine and recorded before you even hit enter.

yup this one is clear

I’ve heard conflicting stories about their privacy

most of the criticism i’ve heard about DDG is a doubt in certain partnerships and financial associations.

And my biggest worry about DDG is that it’s closed source and hosted in a place where the alphabet agencies are prone to put ears in anything big.

I use AdGuard on my phone, may use it on computer too cuz I see OpenDNS is bad privacy