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When comparing Bing vs Brave Search, the Slant community recommends Bing for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Bing is ranked 3rd while Brave Search is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Bing is:
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Incentivizes use by offering rewards
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
Pro Advanced image search
Pro Does not track geo-location
Doesn't use localization API or Fingerprinting for geo-location. Is not even interested to localize by ISP IPs.
Pro Has its own indexing engine
Independent search. Does not depend on other search engines for results, unlike Duckduckgo, which depends on Bing.
Pro Relevant Results (better than Duckduckgo)
Search results in Brave are much more relevant than Duckduckgo. Impressive search engine!
Pro Great privacy policy
Everything is detailed here.
Pro Multiple region support
Cons
Con USA Based
USA based = no privacy. Don't trade ease of use over privacy!
Con No advanced search page
Con Owned by Microsoft
Guaranteed censorship, guaranteed bias, and guaranteed absolutely no privacy.
Con Very very slow
Bing has very slow load times compared to other engines.
Con Can look for animated gifs
Con Anonymous Data collected (Opt in only)
Brave Search collects some anonymous data (can be opted out) such as the number of searches made per day, and the browser version and OS version used during query. But Brave Search does NOT record or collect the Search Query itself, not even anonymously, making Brave Search more privacy-respecting than Duckduckgo. Find out more here.
Con Personal data is being sold to finance their own business
Con English only for now (in Beta)
Con Not clear how to navigate settings
Con Brave's CEO is anti-LGBTQ
