Leta aims to present a reliable and trustworthy way of searching privately on the internet.
However, Leta is useless as a service if you use the perfect non-logging VPN, a privacy focussed DNS service, a web browser that resists fingerprinting, and correlation attacks from global actors. Leta is also useless if your browser blocks all cookies, tracking pixels and other tracking technologies.
For most people Leta can be useful, as the above conditions cannot ever truly be met by systems that are available today.
If you use their VPN and their browser or any firefox properly configured there is no reason to use Leta.
Not really. IMO, the determining factor for this is how “sticky” a given service is.
Leta is a public search engine that you don’t have to pay for their VPN to use, and switching search engines is quite trivial, making this a very easy switch in the event that either service is unsatisfactory.
That said, I have no idea why anyone would want Google search results in 2025 because their search engine is terrible, but more power to anyone that does.
Using Leta with Mullvad VPN might be like putting all your eggs in one basket
From their FAQ
If you use their VPN and their browser or any firefox properly configured there is no reason to use Leta.
Not really. IMO, the determining factor for this is how “sticky” a given service is.
Leta is a public search engine that you don’t have to pay for their VPN to use, and switching search engines is quite trivial, making this a very easy switch in the event that either service is unsatisfactory.
That said, I have no idea why anyone would want Google search results in 2025 because their search engine is terrible, but more power to anyone that does.
The only other option is bing 🤡 which is now marginally better
You should try Kagi.
I thought kagi an aggregator relying on google and Microsoft
They are relying on those and more. The difference is you actually get the results you wanted, not ads or paid search placements.
The only thing that they are still undisputed kings of, is checking the hours of stores near me. That maps data is hard to beat.