Duck Duck go has business dealings with Microsoft, so they don’t turn off those trackers. It’s still better than Google if you trust what they say. But the only way to be truly secure is to run a privacy focused OS, and do all your internet browsing through a virtual machine. Using a VPN that doesn’t have to follow the rules of the US, Canada or EU.

It’s 1y old video. TLDR DuckDuckGo partnered with Microsoft and blocks everyone else but Microsoft ads/trackers.