+1 for startpage. Another good recommendation is Searx. It is a metasearch engine - it searches 70 other searches engines and aggregates all the results. It is also open source (https://github.com/asciimoo/searx), doesn't profile or track, and you can even host your own instance of it if you really don't want to use an online one. It also has a hidden service via Tor. https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ to read about it, or https://searx.me/ to jump right in.

Brave used to be the best "out of the box" browser that you could just install and use with zero customization. Certainly miles ahead of Chrome, and probably ahead of Firefox too. When this self styled "privacy browser" starting asking for KYC, it lost all reputation. Firefox, however, was always a better choice for privacy and security if you are willing to take 30 minutes to configure it properly by installing about 6 or 7 add ons and tweaking a few privacy settings.