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submitted 1 year ago by AlbyEvent@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was using DuckDuckGo for some time, but heard that there are better alternatives. I'm confused, because DDG is used by default in TOR browser, and other privacy respecting browsers (ex. Librewolf). Can you guys recommend any other search engine, and tell me why u recommend it?

Or, is DDG enough?

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Point taken on the founder running a social network. I incorrectly remembered it as the Brave owner. I stand corrected.

I think the complexity with DDG is they had a deal with MS because of Bing and I think some of the terms meant they had certain restrictions. They renegotiated that and it is no longer an issue.

You were comfortable with the whole BAT crypto nonsense? You're comfortable with Google dictating standards in their browser by using Chrome?

Trust is definitely hard in the search market :).

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm 100% comfortable with BAT, because the (at least so declared) goal is ethical ad-blocking. And if you don't like it, you still don't have to use it. You can disable it completely and I appreciate them leaving you the choice.

I won't buy into it with actual money, but I do use it to donate to sites. Although I rarely use Brave tbh. I only have it in case some stupid website doesn't run properly on Firefox.

It's tempting tho. Brave is a way better and more versatile browser than Firefox is out of the box. I won't recommend Firefox to normies seeking better privacy for this simple reason. If I tell them to just install a bunch of addons, configure everything right and get used to a new UI, most will question whether they really want to switch right away.

Chromium is FOSS and Brave has already made strong claims about not merging anything Google pushes (e.g. in the recent extensions controversy). I have very little concerns regarding that.