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Search results are useless, AI is poisoning Wikipédia. While I do have the patience to read primary sources in my field of study, it becomes a nightmare to repeat this process for every bit of information I want.

I'm almost signing up for Encyclopedia Britannica. I don't know what else to do.

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[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

I didn't even know Brave had a search engine, is it any good? I use duckduckgo and it's okay.

edit - you said it's good. I wonder what others think/how it compares to DDG and the big evil one.

[–] pir8t0x@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Personally, I have tried many search engines (Google, Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Bing, Mojeek, Presearch etc.). And so far, it's the best one I have used. And on top of that, it's not Big Tech and it literally has an independent index which means it doesn't rely on Google or Bing for it results. So I personally highly suggest it. It also has an AI overview (powered by their own AI) like Google but pretty useful unlike Google. If you don't like it, you can disable it though.

And it also has its own AI called "Ask Brave", which is totally up to your choices if you wanna use it or not. I'm just letting you know.

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Brave gives higher quality search results than DDG but its not as good at niche queries. If you’re looking for something very specific then use DDG. But if your query is about a really broad, general topic then Brave will probably give you better results.