Brave Search VS Adblock Plus

Brave Search Reviews

1. Notgiv Inmaname

   | Random guy at Hypothetical Inexistent Organization of Proffesional Dumbasses | over 2 years ago
   Brave Search is way better than other search engines.

   In contrast to other "private" search engines (except for Presearch and SearX), it doesn't have trackers, or not nearly as many. This information can be verified by installing uBlock Origin and ClearURLs, which detect 0 and 2 trackers respectively, against for example DuckDuckGo's nearly 10 and 19. Other alternatives are SearX (No trackers AT ALL, still kinda user-friendly) and Presearch (A bit easier to use but a tiny bit worse for privacy, it has 1 more tracking element).

   🏁 Competitors: DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, StartPage, Presearch, Searx, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, Ask.com, Qwant

   👍 Pros:    Good search results|Not too many trackers|Not buggy|Easy to use

   👎 Cons:    Has 2 tracking url elements

Adblock Plus Reviews

Brave Search mentions (329)

• Ask HN: Do you still use Google search?

  Google -> almost never (only by accident if using somebody else's device) Brave Search* [0] -> almost always (if I don't like the results I prepend/append the bang [1] "!s" to switch to Startpage. * with Firefox, not their browser [0] https://search.brave.com/ [1] https://search.brave.com/help/bangs. - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

• DuckDuckGo AI Chat

  Pretty cool! I use Brave Search (https://search.brave.com) and it too got AI results a few months ago. They're quite helpful! - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Are my searches tracked by google if I us google seach in Brave?

  Best way to protect yourself from that is to use other search engines that do not track you (I really like Brave Search, but if you want Google results without tracking try Startpage). Source: 6 months ago

• Google Pays $21B for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress

  Instead of DuckDuckGo and Ecosia whose use Bing Search, they should share real alternative like https://kagi.com/ or https://search.brave.com. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Ask HN: Are there valid Google Search alternatives?

  No need to pay for Kagi imo https://search.brave.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

Adblock Plus mentions (65)

• How I stay (more) focused with ADHD

  Tip: I use Adblock Plus on desktop, and AdGuard on iPhone and iPad. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• [Vent] YouTube forcing adblock removal, here's what you can do!

  Adblock plus => I only use this one with Edge because Opera has a default adblocker of its own, but this is also a very welcome extension and something that can (and will) keep you safe! Source: 7 months ago

• Why are there differences between the EasyList filter lists mirrors!?

  Why doesn't easylist.to link to its own version of the Fanboy's Annoyance List? Why are the lists (and especially the "EasyList Germany") on the mirror (?) of adblockplus.org more up-to-date than on easylist.to? Source: about 1 year ago

• Problem with popups

  That can be annoying. Do you see them on Flipboard or when you navigate to the actual website of the article? If that's the case, then it would be up to the website that is hosting the article. I would recommend a good popup/ad blocker like adblock plus. Source: about 1 year ago

• "He gets us" is taken over my feed

  Try AdBlock Plus, gets rid of a ton of junk. https://adblockplus.org/. Source: about 1 year ago