

What do you mean by unranked? Because it doesn’t maintain its own database, just proxies other search engines and aggregates them
Furthermore, priv.au seems to include only Google in its default search engines so its really just Google through a proxy. Good for privacy but doesn’t really help you get away from big tech
In general I agree with the point the post makes, but the referenced article doesn’t say that at all. Almost all of the article talks about how people do this because its fashionable