Alternative search providers write letter to EU complaining that Google antitrust action achieved diddly-squatīrave search is currently ad-free, the bad news being that "the free version of Brave Search will soon be ad supported," according to a post yesterday.Google's Privacy Budget doesn't add up, says Mozilla CTO - amazingly enough.From I'm feeling lucky to I'm feeling Brave: Browser maker erects web search engine beta.Saving your battery as well as your privacy? New Brave for Android claims 5% power reduction.Immediately conducting a further search is one of the indicators of poor search results that can optionally be recorded to improve the engine. The search is smart in this respect since at the foot of the results is an option to "find elsewhere", in our case offering Google, Bing or Mojeek (a UK-based independent search engine). "The WDP is a strictly opt-in feature and protects user privacy and anonymity by design, so that contributed data cannot be linked to individuals or their devices, and cannot be linked together for a user or set of users this prevents deanonymisation," the company added.īrave also offers Brave Ads, Brave News, a Firewall+VPN service, and the recently-released Brave Talk for unlimited, private video calls.Search independence shows how many results come from Brave versus other engines, primarily Bing
The announcement also said Brave was launching the Web Discovery Project, "a privacy-preserving system for users to anonymously contribute data to improve Brave Search coverage and quality, and its independence and competitiveness against Big Tech alternatives". “As we know from experience in many browsers, the default setting is crucial for adoption, and Brave Search has reached the quality and critical mass needed to become our default search option, and to offer our users a seamless privacy-by-default online experience.” Our users are pleased with the comprehensive privacy solution that Brave Search provides against Big Tech by being integrated into our browser,” said Eich, chief executive and co-founder of Brave. “Brave Search has grown significantly since its release last June, with nearly 80 million queries per month. Users of other browsers can also use the Brave search engine. Future versions of Brave Search will be supported by advertisements.Įxisting users of Brave can switch their search engine to Brave Search by going to the Settings menu.
The Brave announcement said version 1.31 for Windows, the Brave Android app (1.31) and the iOS app (1.32) would all replace Google with Brave Search.
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