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

submitted 9 hours ago by Osm@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@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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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Both have greatly disappointed me by not even trying when I apply quotes to more than two words. Can't say I've done a deep dive comparing their privacy but I try to spread things out among search engines.

Just my experience, but DDG results are still consistently worse for me. When I do try DDG and Mojeek first, there is about a 1 in 6 chance I will need to fall back to Brave or Startpage to find what I'm after.