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Finally a Search Engine, I will endorse as something that is not just another Google clone with a different skin


               
2021 Aug 12, 7:11am   259 views  8 comments

by Tenpoundbass   follow (10)  

As you know, while other's tout Schmuck Schmuck Goo, as the answer to Google. I keep seeing the same results on Duck Duck Go, as you get from Google. Which leads me to understand that it is in fact just a reskinned Google. Brave has released their own Search engine, it's in Beta right now.
But from what I'm seeing I love it.
When you search you're getting results that differ from Google and the like vastly. For starters, there's not as much useless unrelated filler, like Google and the others return.

You get just one clean page of relevant results, no ads, no promoted content, just relevant search results. I really like what I'm seeing.

https://search.brave.com

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1   Onvacation   2021 Aug 12, 10:08am  

Here is what I found when searching for "election fraud"



2   Onvacation   2021 Aug 12, 10:09am  

DDGo used to be different but it has been deteriorating.
3   WookieMan   2021 Aug 12, 10:59am  

Onvacation says
DDGo used to be different but it has been deteriorating.

#moneycorruptsall
4   Patrick   2021 Aug 12, 7:06pm  

Yes, I also find DDG seems to be censoring more.

I now use https://search.brave.com/ but I'm not totally confident in them yet.

Sometimes I use https://yandex.com/ just because they are probably not controlled by American oligarchs, but instead by Russian oligarchs with different interests.
5   richwicks   2021 Aug 12, 8:44pm  

I also endorse this search engine.

It's not perfect, but hell, at least it's not Google. Brave has been kind of dodgy in some respects, but it's the least worst browser by quite a measure. Not entirely perfect, not compatible with a few web pages (so what?) but it mostly removes ads. No adds on youtube at all. Only way I will view youtube now but Rumble is now a match for youtube in terms of learning information.

For mindless entertainment youtube still wins, but I'll never watch a commercial on it. I also will never enable DRM on it either.

I use the Brave search as my default search engine now. To do this:
* Click the 3 bars on the far right
* Click "Settings"
* Scroll a little beyond the middle of the page:



.. and just select Brave.

You can always reverse it it you don't like it, or manually enter the search engine.

And going through the settings, you might want to do some customization in there. I use Linux and I have a HUGE file to block unwanted sites, so for me it doesn't matter much, but for Brave, you might want to consider it. They can (apparently) block specific corporations.
6   fdhfoiehfeoi   2021 Aug 12, 10:23pm  

qwant, open source and privacy focused.
7   Patrick   2021 Aug 12, 10:29pm  

Thanks @NuttBoxer

I am instantly sold on https://www.qwant.com/

When I search for "vaccine not safe" on qwant, I get articles about the vaxx not being safe:

Opinion: Covid vaccine not safe. By Russell Blaylock, MD, 36,389 Reads Mon, 07/26/2021


COVID-19 Vaccines Not Safe for Human Use on Either Side of ...


Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is not worth the risk


When I try that on https://search.brave.com/ the first two links have:

The COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the UK have met strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness.


COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Serious safety problems are rare and long-term side effects are unlikely. CDC recommends you get vaccinated as soon as possible.


That's it, fuck search.brave.com, done with them.
8   fdhfoiehfeoi   2021 Aug 12, 10:32pm  

I switched after it became increasingly evident that duckduckgo showed a heavy bias in their search results. Not their fault per se. As TPB pointed out, they're just skinning google.

My test was searching Biden pedophile, and comparing results.

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