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Duckduckgo? That's just a search engine, no?
I agree on the rest of the parts tho
DDG and Brave were pushed as "censorship free" alternatives, back when I was looking into covid disinformation, because the very obviously fake websites would sometimes rank higher on them
There may be more to it though
They're balls deep in crypto but even the crypto bros don't buy their bullshit
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nxce6t/brave_browser_scam_a_fake_privacy_browser_sharing/
Yeah, odd inclusion. Duckduckgo is indeed a search enginge, but it's essentially just a front end for Bing.
Sadly yes :( i've been keeping an eye on mojeek, hopefully it'll get better.
Ecosia is building a custom search engine index, ETA summer 2025
That sounds amazing!