I chose vlemmy.net for the exact same reason, too. Also it was the top instance on https://join-lemmy.org/instances the day I wanted to join another instance (I was on lemmy.ml then).
Aegis is great! I really don't know why people use Google Authenticator when much better alternatives exist.
You would probably get used to FlorisBoard after a bit of time if you try it. I was used to SwiftKey but I didn't like it because it doesn't have a good history, like suggesting private email addresses to other users, and it's for Microsoft. But now I'm typing this using FlorisBoard.
Definitely FlorisBoard. I've also tried AnySoftKeyboard and some others in the past, and I think FlorisBoard is the best.
How are you supposed to comment or post to earn Karma if you're blocked because of having low Karma?! It is also bad for new users.
It does! 
So it's probably because DDG uses bing.
Can confirm this. I tried with bing. Same result. That was why it wasn't working, because of bing. Thanks! I'll probably to switch to something else now.
Searching "PeerTube" doesn't return any results. peertube (all lower case) doesn't return anything either. What's funny is that "pertube" returns the correct results for "PeerTube". It seems like it works like this: If the IP requesting the search is from my country and it's searching PeerTube or peertube it's going to block the search. But why should it?! PeerTube isn't blocked here. YouTube is though.
Yes, I tried with SearX, and it worked.
Even more strange is that when I type "PeerTube", some suggestions appear, but searching any of them will end up back on the "no results found" page.
The suggestions:
Searching one of them:
It has been a few weeks since I first encountered this issue. I've tried again and again, but it never worked.
I think I saw this around four years ago for the first time... someone sent it to me on telegram, but in another language.