Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
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Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#2Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#3This is just false though. There are several privacy preserving search engines out there. The fact that they're not owned by a browser vendor is irrelevant.
It's also annoying suggesting that it's even necessary for the search engine to be owned by the browser vendor.
This may well be part of Brave's plan with regard to BAT (basic attention token), or some other form of monetization but it does little for the end consumer.
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#4Headline is a bit rich, since duckduckgo exists (and Bing/Microsoft if you really stretch it).
I get the point though -- duckduckgo doesn't provide a browser. But I'm guessing Brave doesn't provide hosted email service (Gmail), file and document hosting (Google Drive and Docs) so the analogy breaks down either way.
That snark being said, I do want more privacy on the web -- so yay Brave!
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#5Current title "Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google" seems quite misleading since there are plenty of private alternatives to Google (search engine) already ?
Especially for english speaking programming and news etc. searches, https://duckduckgo.com is really good.
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#6Headline is a bit rich, since duckduckgo exists (and Bing/Microsoft if you really stretch it). I get the point though -- duckduckgo doesn't provide a browser. But I'm guessing Brave doesn't provide hosted email service (Gmail), file and document hosting (Google Drive and Docs) so the analogy breaks down either way. That snark being said, I do want more privacy on the web -- so yay Brave!
This was my first response as well (and posted a sibling that said the same).
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
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Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#8Current title "Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google" seems quite misleading since there are plenty of private alternatives to Google (search engine) already ? Especially for english speaking programming and news etc. searches, https://duckduckgo.com is really good.
DuckDuckGo uses bing for search.
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#9It's about time google had some competition that might just pull off a great competing service.
Re: Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google
#10Define "private"