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Probably. But DDG at least offers more privacy, right? Right?

niutech 2y ago
DDG has a history of breaching privacy: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/ddg-microsoft-tracking-blocking-limit/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/ddg-microsoft-tracking-blo... Meanwhile Brave Search or Mojeek provide more privacy, being independent at the same time.
- berkes 2y ago
  > Brave Search or Mojeek provide more privacy Do they? Or have they just not had that "history" yet? I don't see anything fundamentally different in Brave that protects your and my privacy better than on DDG. I don't know Mojeek enough.
  - syklep 2y ago
    Brave explicitly claims not to.[1] Brave also does not rely on Bing for results. [1] https://search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy https://search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy Edit: mojeek claims the same.[2] [2] https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/
    - kunley 2y ago
      Last time i checked, Brave was insisting on convinving me to use certain cryptocurrency platforms and it was more intrusive with it than typical web ads, which seemed really twisted, as the same Brave claimed to give ad-free experience. Are they still doing that?
      - NayamAmarshe 2y ago
        They don't. The cryptocurrency options are all disabled by default and are opt-in.
      - somenameforme 2y ago
        It literally never did that. There's some crypto wallet button that you get in the address bar that you can disable with a right click, and that's pretty much the extent of it. All crypto and other related functionality is completely opt-in.
      - decide1000 2y ago
        Yes, those ads are still part of Brave.
        arrowsmith 2y ago
        What ads? I'm writing this on Brave and I've never seen any ads. Are we talking about the same browser?
      - niutech 2y ago
        I was talking about Brave Search (https://search.brave.com https://search.brave.com), not Brave browser. Seaech doesn't promote crypto.
      - arrowsmith 2y ago
        No, they're not. I've been using Brave almost since its inception and I still have no idea what its cryptocurrency features are. Nor have I ever seen an intrusive ad from Brave, or anywhere else since Brave has an ad blocker built in. Why does this same conversation happen every time Brave is mentioned on HN? Have any of the people complaining about Brave's crypto-whatever "problem" ever actually used it?
- Timshel 2y ago
  That only concern the browser not the search engine ? HN discussion at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31490515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31490515
- ipqk 2y ago
  Cause Brave CEO, Brendan Eich, is such a swell guy.
- red_admiral 2y ago
  That is true, but it's referring to their android browser app not their search engine, if I've read correctly.
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DDG has a history of breaching privacy: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/ddg-microsoft-tracking-blocking-limit/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/ddg-microsoft-tracking-blo... Meanwhile Brave Search or Mojeek provide more privacy, being independent at the same time.

berkes 2y ago
> Brave Search or Mojeek provide more privacy Do they? Or have they just not had that "history" yet? I don't see anything fundamentally different in Brave that protects your and my privacy better than on DDG. I don't know Mojeek enough.
- syklep 2y ago
  Brave explicitly claims not to.[1] Brave also does not rely on Bing for results. [1] https://search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy https://search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy Edit: mojeek claims the same.[2] [2] https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/
  - kunley 2y ago
    Last time i checked, Brave was insisting on convinving me to use certain cryptocurrency platforms and it was more intrusive with it than typical web ads, which seemed really twisted, as the same Brave claimed to give ad-free experience. Are they still doing that?
    - NayamAmarshe 2y ago
      They don't. The cryptocurrency options are all disabled by default and are opt-in.
    - somenameforme 2y ago
      It literally never did that. There's some crypto wallet button that you get in the address bar that you can disable with a right click, and that's pretty much the extent of it. All crypto and other related functionality is completely opt-in.
    - decide1000 2y ago
      Yes, those ads are still part of Brave.
      - arrowsmith 2y ago
        What ads? I'm writing this on Brave and I've never seen any ads. Are we talking about the same browser?
    - niutech 2y ago
      I was talking about Brave Search (https://search.brave.com https://search.brave.com), not Brave browser. Seaech doesn't promote crypto.
    - arrowsmith 2y ago
      No, they're not. I've been using Brave almost since its inception and I still have no idea what its cryptocurrency features are. Nor have I ever seen an intrusive ad from Brave, or anywhere else since Brave has an ad blocker built in. Why does this same conversation happen every time Brave is mentioned on HN? Have any of the people complaining about Brave's crypto-whatever "problem" ever actually used it?
Timshel 2y ago
That only concern the browser not the search engine ? HN discussion at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31490515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31490515
ipqk 2y ago
Cause Brave CEO, Brendan Eich, is such a swell guy.
red_admiral 2y ago
That is true, but it's referring to their android browser app not their search engine, if I've read correctly.

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