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DuckDuckGo vs Brave Search: which one is better for privacy, independence, and result quality? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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!

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why pay for some company to watch over you and your searchs? If you want real private searching it comes down to searXNG!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago*

    Agreed, hosting is probably the most private web search we have. Only your IP address is still sent to the actual search engines searXNG calls. Using a VPN would solve this last bit too.

    An extreme alternative would also be Tor.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    SearXNG is not absolute privacy either. They don't each have their own index.

    No one pays "for some company to watch over you". The reason why you pay I already gave: because it's better at what it does.

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