4 ms·
> the bing derivatives like DuckDuckGo and Brave search Brave search is not a Bing derivative.
by yucky 4y ago
> the bing derivatives like DuckDuckGo and Brave search
Brave search is not a Bing derivative.
- viridian 4y agoBrave results look pretty similar to bing for me, and pretty dissimilar to Google. I've been using it for a while since it's now the Brave default, and I just doesn't seem to break ranks from DDG/Bing whenever I bother to compare them.
- trynewideas 4y agoIndependent index, but still dependent on Bing for some results. https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/20/brave_search/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/20/brave_search/: > The company said in June that "for some features, like searching for images, Brave Search will fetch results from Microsoft Bing," https://search.brave.com/help/independence https://search.brave.com/help/independence: > Third-party providers > Microsoft Bing is a third-party provider to Brave Search.
- yucky 4y agoRight, I believe they state that 99% of their search results are from their own index, and then 1% supplement that with various other sources including Bing, Google, etc. The poster I replied to said it was a Bing derivative which was not correct.