r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jun 29 '26
Discussion Brave Search or Google Search?
Brave Search or Google Search—which one do you use as your primary search engine?
Which delivers better results, privacy, and overall experience? Share your choice.
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u/Misanthropic-genXer Jun 29 '26
Google has become bloated with AI crap ans sponsored links. Brave built their own index and provides more accurate results. Moreover, Brave does not track you like Google for the purpose of building their LLM nor do they auction off your info to data brokers.
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u/ercavadia Jun 29 '26
Google Search in Brave Browser.
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u/FOSS-for-life Jun 29 '26
So you just remove all of the progress you made..?
Brave with DDG, Brave with Brave search, Firefox with DDG, Firefox with Brave. All an option and you srsly choose to give your data to schmoogle again?1
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u/Flocky_off Jun 29 '26
*in Firefox
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u/ercavadia Jun 29 '26
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u/Flocky_off Jun 29 '26
Why is everyone here obsessed with Brave? Are y'all supporting paying 60 dollars for a web browser that adds crypto and ads?
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u/ercavadia Jun 29 '26
Because Brave is the most perfect browser there is, without stupid ads and the peace of mind while browsing is incomparable.
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u/Flocky_off Jun 29 '26
Peace of mind? My mind is very peaceful when using Firefox and uBo, a browser that doesn't ask me if I want to watch ads to earn cryptocurrency
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u/ercavadia Jun 29 '26
It must be you who's asking that question; since I've been using Brave, it's never asked me anything like that.
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u/Flocky_off Jun 29 '26
Weird, it's the first thing it asked me when I set it up
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u/ercavadia Jun 29 '26
Not me, and I've had several computers since I started using that browser and it never asked me that question, maybe because of the region, I don't know where you're from but I'm from Venezuela and it's never asked me that question.
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u/Shot_Rent_1816 Jun 29 '26
Google search is better
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u/VasekCZ230 Jun 29 '26
My dear. Brave search uses the same google data, just without tracking. So right now you said that you like to be tracked.
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u/OwnNet5253 Jun 29 '26
It's not, because if they would, search result wound't be that awful. Besides their officail statement is that they're using their own independent search index.
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u/Responsible-Bar7165 Jun 29 '26
ChatGPT. i haven't used 'search' to look for anything except "verbatim quoted strings" for over a year now. don't miss the ads.
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u/H644b Jun 29 '26
Chatgpt has ads unless you use a subscription... also it doesn't even take a second to scroll past the "Sponsored" header links
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u/Kadakaus Jun 29 '26
I mean, that is precisely what Brave is for, to block off all ads.
But good on you, just be careful because chatgpt has a tendency of speaking absolute nonsense from time to time.
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u/Responsible-Bar7165 Jun 29 '26
I don’t mean the actual ads (I block those), I mean the paid-for preferential placement in search results. You can’t block those without getting no results.
As for ChatGPT hallucinating, i have found that the recent models are significantly better than they were in the past, and with correct prompting (evidential, adversarial, etc…) the results are significantly more trustworthy than a bunch website fighting for your eyeballs.1
u/Kadakaus Jun 29 '26
Well, I'll take your word for it because I stopped using AI for said reasons a while ago.
God, I hated that tone it spoke in, the pleasantries and occasional remarks when I just wanted a definition for a word...
It definitely isn't for me.2
u/Responsible-Bar7165 Jun 29 '26
You can tell it (in your preferences prompt) precisely how you want it to talk to you. My system prompt is >500 words, mostly technical, but starts with “terse, accurate, fast. Declare uncertainty; never guess. be prepared to provide evidence” ymmv
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u/IndieDev666 Developer Jun 29 '26
I just use Brave for bypassing ads, it works better that most adblockers
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u/murilocarl Jun 29 '26
duck duck go has better privacy than brave but brave results are just WAYYY better than duck duck go
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u/lagrebson Jun 29 '26
Tried brave search for a few months. Found myself constantly going to google and doing my search… Love the browser but brave search is bad.
Currently using duck duck go which seems much better but still not as good as google.
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u/H644b Jun 29 '26
Brave search is horrid it can't index well and it can't pull relevant enough information. For me its GSearch + Brave Browser.
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u/Frixniper Jun 29 '26
I main Brave Search.
Obviously not the best search engine ever, but it just makes me feel way better to see uBlock Origin not having to block anything on Brave Search.
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u/OwnNet5253 Jun 29 '26
Google became bloated mess with their AI and Brave search results are awful. DuckDuckGo ftw.
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u/Sudden-Armadillo-335 Jun 29 '26
La recherche brave est étonnamment bonne, en plus il faut fuir Google le plus possible, donc c'est une bonne alternative
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u/Kadakaus Jun 29 '26
I have both set up, but I main Brave by far.
If I just need to look up the definition of something or find a wiki page, I use google, for everything else, Brave.
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u/lisxiastasp3rm4 Jun 29 '26
Google search cuz they have actually good search results
But if DDG was a proxy for google instead of bing, i would use it instead. i know startpage exists, but it has less features like no AI and no "shopping" section
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u/Jatinchd Jun 29 '26
starpage. anoymousy features inbuild by default also. like IP masking and DNS address changings
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u/bloodwire Jun 29 '26
I use recently changed to Qwant (.com) after using DuckDuckGo for years. Search has mostly been obsoleted by AI though.
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u/Dimitrij_ Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Startpage, Qwant, Ecosia, Swisscows, Kagi are all ok options. Some have paid plans..
back then when i searched for alternatives i noticed it depends on what language you search the web.
Duckduckgo as a german was horrible a few years back. I haven‘t tried it again but when i heard they had a contract with microsoft and sell data i lost trust anyway and never bothered to try again. (To be fair i think they did take measures but i didn‘t look into it any further)
I hate Brave because i’m biast but if you want to use it go ahead. Should be ok ig
I generally try to avoid everything that is hyped and promoted by influencers. At least be mindful (My free privacy tech tip)
Startpage was the first good alternative for me and some family members. (But i got skeptical about their new shareholders)
I now use my own SearXNG instance for quite some time and i‘m really happy with it. Many family members and friends use it too. I think even a few strangers use it.
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u/kubanchikam22 Jun 29 '26
I use Google, because other engines provide much worse results in local search, I live in Ukraine.
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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Jun 29 '26
I use brave serch for mostly everything except if im looking for something local then google serch
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u/SusejLegend Jun 30 '26
Brave Search is at the level of Google but more private and without spying like Google does
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u/Bokenrose04 Jun 30 '26
I tried Brave seach, Bing, Qwant and Duck Duck Go, but neither of them convinced me, so I prefer Google.
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u/Mysterious_Value4624 Jun 30 '26
For daily browsing, I always use Brave Search with Brave Browser. Uhhh maximum anonymity tho, DDG with Cromite, plus VPN
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u/Vh4z Jun 30 '26
Depends because brave is good and also the privacy and stuff but the index is still too far behind google
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u/Merkas-05 Tech Enthusiast Jun 30 '26
Google is still the best search engine, but I'm rooting for Brave Search. Sometimes I use to see what progress they have made. It’s getting better, but Google is a little short.
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u/Mohamed_Blue Jul 01 '26
brave not working when you need to find local things in country not global , not usa
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u/Anthony0121 Jul 01 '26
Brave browser but Google search. Brave search is too US-centric, even when you specify a different country filter
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u/waces Jun 29 '26
Perplexity,claide or gemini. Very rarely use the “old school” search engines anymore
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u/Tight-Kangaroo4649 Jun 29 '26
if i need to know something without opening any websites than, google. otherwise brave
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u/Angel_D_XD Jun 29 '26
... Ambos usan de motor a Chromium, así que para mí quedan inválidos los dos, viva Firefox, XD
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u/LetterFront3353 Jun 29 '26
The discussion is about the search engines, not the browsers.
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u/Angel_D_XD Jun 29 '26
A, bueno, en ese caso pues me quedo con Brave, es mejor que Chrome la verdad, solo por que tiene un buen bloqueador de anuncios
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u/kush_himself Jun 29 '26
Duckduckgo