DuckDuckGo browser redirects your searches to Google search engine. This happened 3 times on 2/22/21. The redirects happened again yesterday 5 times in a row on 3/17/21. The last 2 times I captured it happening in real time on video. It even redirected my bookmarked pages that were saved in the DuckDuckGo browser. That's what I caught on video. I've also noticed fact checks popping up, suppressed search results, and tracking. I used their app on multiple Apple devices that I own. There are several new complaints in the app store on the iPhone about DuckDuckGo's shady practices. Just sort by recent and critical reviews. I use a VPN for privacy reasons when I get online. I'm only required to use captcha in the Google browser when my VPN is on. Never in DuckDuckGo. When I was redirected from DuckDuckGo to Google the captcha popped up. I promptly deleted the DuckDuckGo app from all of my Apple devices. DuckDuckGo has either partnered up with Google unbeknownst to it's users or Google is hijacking the DuckDuckGo browser (allegedly).