Brave launches its own video and image search (brave.com)
from 1984@lemmy.today to technology@lemmy.ml on 03 Aug 2023 18:04
https://lemmy.today/post/218490

Every image and video result in Brave Search is now served by Brave. Users no longer need to choose between Bing and Google for image and video search.

This is pretty cool, no matter if you like Brave or not. Slowly and surely, many companies are helping to chip away at the monopoly of Google.

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Gargari@lemmy.ml on 03 Aug 2023 18:06 next collapse

How they will depart from crypto/Blockchain BS

hoodatninja@kbin.social on 03 Aug 2023 18:51 next collapse

Firefox is my go-to now. I just use Brave if i need a chromium browser. Privacy badger + adguard + little snitch mini + proton VPN as needed. Life's been good lol

nix@merv.news on 03 Aug 2023 23:06 next collapse

Why adguard and not ublock origin?

hoodatninja@kbin.social on 04 Aug 2023 03:36 collapse

Actually i use both lol but on iPhone i only have access to AdGuard so wasn’t even thinking about ublock

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 2023 16:17 collapse

Is there a way to group tabs in Firefox on Android? I’m interested in switching, but that feature is make-or-break for me

[deleted] on 04 Aug 2023 16:53 collapse

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 2023 21:16 collapse

I’ve already tried it stock on Android and it doesn’t work

Jarmer@slrpnk.net on 03 Aug 2023 18:52 next collapse

I’m amazed they haven’t already. I suppose it was baked in super hard from the very beginning so divorcing from it now must be a huge task.

kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca on 03 Aug 2023 19:23 next collapse

Doubt they will, it’s part of their core “attributes” if you will. Theyve been caught doing a lot of shady shit too. Personally, I would avoid them, but to each their own.

andruid@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2023 18:20 collapse

Well they could get funding from the largest ad platforms in the world, sell user data, or subsidize with over priced hardware built with slave labor. At least if your comparing too Firefox, Chrome, Edge, or Safari.

A donation scheme built into the browser doesn’t seem as bad to me in comparison.

HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one on 03 Aug 2023 18:33 next collapse

Dang I might actually use this as my search engine now.

gogosempai@programming.dev on 03 Aug 2023 18:55 next collapse

I know there’s a lot of hate on the crypto stuff that Brave pushes in their browser. Heck I don’t use their browser because of it (and also because I don’t support Chromium). But I’ve been using Brave search as the default on Firefox since a few months now and it is honestly pretty good. Much better than Google and Bing/DDG most of the time (for the other times, I do switch to Google). I really really like their AI summarizer and the discussions tab. With them now serving images as well, Brave search is feature-complete as far as I’m concerned. Just happy to see a real competitor to the big tech search, not even leeching off of their index like most others do.

[deleted] on 03 Aug 2023 19:19 next collapse

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Veraxus@kbin.social on 03 Aug 2023 19:28 next collapse

This is nice, because screw Google.

But I'm definitely sticking with Kagi. It's soooo good.

Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml on 03 Aug 2023 20:30 next collapse

Well, Brave runs with Chromium so yeah, there’s that

Gargari@lemmy.ml on 03 Aug 2023 20:41 collapse

I hate one more subscription, if it would be one-time, maybe?!

Veraxus@kbin.social on 04 Aug 2023 21:40 collapse

A monthly sub is a hard pill to swallow, but the more I tweak the options to my own preferences, the better it gets. I legitimately prefer it to Google now.

Polar@lemmy.ca on 03 Aug 2023 19:44 next collapse

Do they inject referral ads directly in my videos? Fuck Brave

[deleted] on 04 Aug 2023 01:16 collapse

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muhyb@programming.dev on 04 Aug 2023 04:51 collapse

Brave: “Write that down, write that down!”

MediaActivist@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 2023 00:48 next collapse

Sigh. This is where I have to mention Brendan Eich yet again.

pijon@lemdro.id on 04 Aug 2023 22:16 collapse

What do you mean?

xpewpew@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 2023 22:45 collapse

independent.co.uk/…/online-dating-site-okcupid-ca…

andruid@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2023 18:17 collapse

Has his stances changed any since 2014?

xpewpew@lemmy.world on 07 Aug 2023 18:51 collapse

Not sure, to be honest. There’s been a lot of Brave drama as of late, like selling user data and whatnot.

Mubelotix@jlai.lu on 04 Aug 2023 17:36 next collapse

If someone is ever going to embrace the peer-to-peer search engine protocol I’m designing it will definitely be them

Elephantpurple7603@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 2023 21:32 collapse

finally great I’ve been waiting for this for a long time thank you brave