Didn’t they ban it for the younger gen?

Imho there’s no reason to change or upgrade if your current setup works and you’re satisfied with it. Keep your money, you’ll see what the market has to offer when you need it.

Same here. Have been a Mint user for more than 10 years and switched recently with the new laptop. I like it a lot, really stable system.

I might be mistaken, but IIRC Bing is only one of the data sources DDG uses.

I’ve been using it for years and have never looked back.