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I've been using Brave Search for years and it's fantastic. I haven't used Google since and it supports Bangs! like DDG. It's free so you can give it a try.

HKH2 2y ago
It's not good for images, unfortunately. Bing is way better for images.
- NayamAmarshe 2y ago
  Yes, for images I just do !gi
mattl 2y ago
Did Brave give up on their cryptocurrency stuff?
- landolix 2y ago
  It's a decent alternative to what Mozilla was doing to earn money.
- donw 2y ago
  Unsure, but I don’t see anything related to it these days
- NayamAmarshe 2y ago
  They've kinda realized that it's not going anywhere. So now they're focusing on products that can earn them revenue. Like AI features and search ads.
Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
How to make sure Brave (the browser) gets some money if I'm not using their search engine? (I use Kagi)
stanislavb 2y ago
I still use Google; however, Brave Search has been my default and it is good in most cases. Better than Bing (and DDG).
amusingimpala75 2y ago
I really liked Brave Search but unfortunately it started giving me captchas on every search after 11 pm Pacific or so for some (unknown) reason. They’re not even image captchas, you just click the button and wait 15-20 seconds which is pretty inconvenient.
- pythux 2y ago
  Hi, Brave engineer here, May I ask when you switched away from Brave Search? We've been doing work to reduce the amount of captchas a few months ago and we stopped getting feedback about this issue at that point. If it's still happening, it's something we will look into again. Also, are you a user of ProtonVPN by any chance? Thanks for your help,
  - NayamAmarshe 2y ago
    Hi pythux, off-topic question but do engineers directly read the feedback or is it filtered for you by someone else?
    - pythux 2y ago
      It can be both, we have people who look at community feedback on a daily basis, but engineers also tend to be out there on HN and Reddit, etc. and today it was the case that I saw the comment and could jump in straight away.
  - jatotebs 2y ago
    Excellent browser. One issue with it though, when I close the browser I am expecting my history to be deleted as I set it up that way, but it turns out I have to manually close every tab before closing the browser for it to actually delete the history and that seems like a mistake. Otherwise, great browser. Though you should rip out all the Google stuff from it, literally every single thing that connects or touches that pos company.
    - pythux 2y ago

HKH2 2y ago

It's not good for images, unfortunately. Bing is way better for images.

NayamAmarshe 2y ago
Yes, for images I just do !gi

mattl 2y ago

Did Brave give up on their cryptocurrency stuff?

landolix 2y ago
It's a decent alternative to what Mozilla was doing to earn money.
donw 2y ago
Unsure, but I don’t see anything related to it these days
NayamAmarshe 2y ago
They've kinda realized that it's not going anywhere. So now they're focusing on products that can earn them revenue. Like AI features and search ads.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago

How to make sure Brave (the browser) gets some money if I'm not using their search engine? (I use Kagi)

stanislavb 2y ago

I still use Google; however, Brave Search has been my default and it is good in most cases. Better than Bing (and DDG).

amusingimpala75 2y ago

I really liked Brave Search but unfortunately it started giving me captchas on every search after 11 pm Pacific or so for some (unknown) reason. They’re not even image captchas, you just click the button and wait 15-20 seconds which is pretty inconvenient.

pythux 2y ago
Hi, Brave engineer here, May I ask when you switched away from Brave Search? We've been doing work to reduce the amount of captchas a few months ago and we stopped getting feedback about this issue at that point. If it's still happening, it's something we will look into again. Also, are you a user of ProtonVPN by any chance? Thanks for your help,
- NayamAmarshe 2y ago
  Hi pythux, off-topic question but do engineers directly read the feedback or is it filtered for you by someone else?
  - pythux 2y ago
    It can be both, we have people who look at community feedback on a daily basis, but engineers also tend to be out there on HN and Reddit, etc. and today it was the case that I saw the comment and could jump in straight away.
- jatotebs 2y ago
  Excellent browser. One issue with it though, when I close the browser I am expecting my history to be deleted as I set it up that way, but it turns out I have to manually close every tab before closing the browser for it to actually delete the history and that seems like a mistake. Otherwise, great browser. Though you should rip out all the Google stuff from it, literally every single thing that connects or touches that pos company.
  - pythux 2y ago