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DuckDuckGo vs Brave Search: which one is better for privacy, independence, and result quality? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 13 hours ago by Osm@lemmy.ml 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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[–] tales_origin@feddit.org 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I use qwant, mainly because its european. The quality is not that good imo, but its ok for my usage

[–] CarlSagan42@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Same, cause its European and it also is building its own independent index!

[–] Ohh@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

Yes. But it's the only one, who refuses to work if you try to use it without JavaScript. So ddg for me + canvasblocker on firefox / brave browser which also blocks your fingerprint. (But since brave is a an AI and crypto company, i must say... Trust is not what i have a lot of)