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!

  • Reannlegge@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    If self hosting is not an option, full stop. May I suggest that you use Librewolf (browser), adguard (plugin ad blocker), and look up whatever other plugins that will block AI results. Prior to me falling deep into homelabbing I was using ecosia. As I understand it they have however taken a hard right turn into AI.