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submitted 10 months ago by Sterben@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hello, how are you guys?

As the title says, what search Ingine are you currently using? I used DuckDuckGo for years, and just recently switched to Brave.

Also, what do you think about the Brave Browser? I have been using FireFox since forever.

Thank you for reading.

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[-] abcxyz@mastodon.social 9 points 10 months ago

@Sterben tho this post might not be doing so but still dont get why people like to compare and pick only 1 search engine to use forever

Just use all of them. Try all. Everyone has unique needs

Each company has differences in indexing. Tho the duck is Bing based, it chose to block "russian propaganda". For something as vast as the net, using 1 engine is like using only 1 eye to see the world

For a truly open perspective, use multiple! Only for convenience's of daily searches, maybe pick one

[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Just use all of them.

so what you're saying is use SearXNG

[-] abcxyz@mastodon.social 0 points 10 months ago

@eya Kind of. But all engines have their own unique features too

Google/Startpage has quick snippets

Brave has Toggles. Duckduckgo has bangs

Baidu/Yandex/Naver has immense localisation

Bing has OpenAI

Under competition, companies will innovate. Thats what this is. Forcing Google to innovate

For that we've to support them all. meta engines are good for what they are. But it cant have those extra features. Search isnt only about the results. Like how YouTube isnt *just* about the video

[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Google doesn't need to innovate when they have almost a 65% market share. They could implement malware into the browser and people would still use it.

[-] abcxyz@mastodon.social 1 points 10 months ago

@eya exactly but they werent always like that.

Google's like Microsoft now. The very company they destroyed both in so many key markets. They were innovative.

Its the 97% search share and 70% Browser share thats the problem.

How Google, an AI company for over a decade, got so shock by newcomer OpenAI? Out of box thinking. What google itself used to be about

Thats what we need. Competition. Not anti trust trials or regulations. But prodcuts like chatgpt & Brave to make big companies innovate

[-] Sterben@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

Actually, You are right. I am gonna do like you said. Cheers.

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