FPurchaseWithPurposebyFallenWalnut A guide to change your Search Engine (2025-04-09)View original on lemmy.world21Comments6Reply
sslazer2au lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesBrave should never be placed in a privacy focused category.6Reply
FFallenWalnut replylemmy.worldI am thinking of removing it from there. I do mention it in the disclaimers. I found this useful resource explaining their issues - https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/. If anyone else has something better, I am happy to reference it directly1Reply
MMajesticElevator lemmy.zipQwant is shady as well, was sending data to Bing Ads for a few years As a French company, it has the obligation to store your IP, and their privacy policy is ridiculous2Reply
JJanUwU42 lemm.ee1Hide 1 replyMojeek isn’t the only one with a fully independent index, Kagi also has its own index no? https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.html2Reply
FFallenWalnut replylemmy.worldThose have their own index, but supplement their results from others. Tbh, semi-independent providers would be recommended in their early stages for a like-for-like experience.2Reply
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Brave should never be placed in a privacy focused category.
As a search engine, how is it not privacy focused?
I am thinking of removing it from there. I do mention it in the disclaimers.
I found this useful resource explaining their issues - https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/.
If anyone else has something better, I am happy to reference it directly
Qwant is shady as well, was sending data to Bing Ads for a few years
As a French company, it has the obligation to store your IP, and their privacy policy is ridiculous
Mojeek isn’t the only one with a fully independent index, Kagi also has its own index no? https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.html
Those have their own index, but supplement their results from others. Tbh, semi-independent providers would be recommended in their early stages for a like-for-like experience.