cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/55060932

Hi everyone,

I’m choosing a default search engine and I’m torn between DuckDuckGo and Brave Search. What matters most to me:

Privacy: what’s actually logged, and can the claims be trusted? Independence from Big Tech: DDG partly relies on Bing, while Brave has its own index. Result quality: relevance for daily, technical and niche queries. Trust: track record, controversies, business model.

Which one do you use daily, and why? Have you noticed a real quality difference? Thanks!

  • starblursd@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 minutes ago

    Brave has shitty leadership and pushes crypto and AI, ddg is owned by a former ad company CEO… both are not great but im currently using ddg because at the very least has a no AI image filter… I too am looking for a better option so any suggestions appreciated. Self-hosted is currently not an option for me.

    (Usually when I mention anywhere that I’m using either of those two, the comments just blow up how awful they are and that I’m supporting whatever bad stuff by using them… But they never suggest an alternative)