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Well, neeva is now gone (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was just getting interested in Neeva as a paid search engine with some cool AI tools where you're not an advertising target because you pay. This explains the sudden refund from Neeva - they apparently got bought out and are no longer being a search engine. I don't really know what to make of it all.

I suppose it makes my decision between it and Kagi easier - I don't really have a choice. Kagi is a lot more expensive, but I get work to pay for it. Though that does make it harder to potentially recommend to other people I know.

Not that I ever thought paid search would massively take off, but unlike many tasks, search can be centralized enough on a per user basis that something other than ads is worth exploring.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Brave's CEO opposes same-sex marriage in the US and donated money to anti-LGBT groups. It's why he was ousted at Mozilla. As a result I cannot in good conscience use anything from Brave.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Ditto. Brave also promotes their own crypto-coin ponzi nonsense. And at one point I believe they made a far-right website a default link on their homepage, before outcry compelled them to remove it.

Duckduckgo search engine works as well as google's, though. Except that I haven't yet figured out what the equivalent formatting for "site:reddit.com" is for it, if site specific search is even a supported function (surely?)

Edit: I won't scold anyone for using a free browser though. It's not like you give them $$$. But they do get your data, and while they claim to be about privacy I don't exactly trust them as far as I can throw them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Except that I haven’t yet figured out what the equivalent formatting for “site:reddit.com” is for it, if site specific search is even a supported function (surely?)

It is actually the exact same syntax/formatting as Google's! So Dolphins site:wikipedia.org should show you only search results from Wikipedia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Brave also promotes their own crypto-coin ponzi nonsense.

This kinda pained me as well as its a centralized coin that requires you to verify with a passport to even get access to the earned rewards. Literally the opposite of having a private browser. Still happy with it as browser for mobile though, others dont really compare (Firefox had a bunch of bad design decisions I didnt like).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This and the CEO's shenanigans made me move to startpage, although I've heard that it isn't great for privacy either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Duckduckgo search engine works as well as google’s, though. Except that I haven’t yet figured out what the equivalent formatting for “site:reddit.com” is for it, if site specific search is even a supported function (surely?)

The bang for reddit is !r, so you can type !r Apples to learn what reddit thinks about the fruit-cum-trendy computer company.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Didn't know this, thanks for the heads up. Though I stick to duckduckgo regardless, I know not to recommend brave.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Ouch. I did not know that. I was considering paying for it in order to support them. Now, maybe not