Brave cannot be trusted. They were misrepresenting themselves and their relationships with content creators. As far as I saw it, they were stealing and lying about it. They've inserted referral codes to cryptocurrency websites. That sounds completely anti-privacy and antithetical to anyone wanting a privacy-focused browser. Sorry, but that all just smells untrustworthy.
I dropped DDG back in March when Weinberg disclosed that they were engaging in censorship and injecting bias into search results related to the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Now that we see he's sold his soul to MS for $$$, this further confirms my decision. I'm using Brave as my search engine now.
And I recently learnt that they also have the bang searches which makes them much more viable as a replacement for DDG to me. Brave Search, Andi search, and a bit of Yandex at times for some variety in results, makes for a much better search experience than DDG ever did.
