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Comment by binarymax

2 years ago

Long time DDG user (>10 years) here, and it’s astounding to me that they haven’t prioritized making their own independent index to switch off Bing. I would have expected them to do it like 5 years ago, but there’s afaik no initiative to do so. It’s unfortunate and am now trying other engines like Brave search.

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nsagent  2 years ago

I also occasionally try Brave search when a DDG search fails. Sometimes Brave finds what I want, but I frequently get Captcha (and now proof of work) challenges that are quite annoying. I don't get this with any other search provider (though StartPage would frequently do this a while back). I hope this is just a phase, because I would likely use Brave Search more if not for this issue.

  • pythux  1 year ago

    Hi, Brave engineer here,

    Are you by any chance using a VPN while using Brave Search? (ProtonVPN?)

    Thanks for your help, we're working on ways to reduce the number of captchas shown to VPN users and your feedback is very useful.