I'm really annoyed by how much Brave Search is pushing AI

https://pawb.social/post/10124233

I'm really annoyed by how much Brave Search is pushing AI - Pawb.Social

I’ve been using Brave Search supplemented by Startpage for the past 2+ years. When I search for something, I want to get results for credible webpages, not a summary of unknown quality. I liked the previous AI inclusion because it was instant, didn’t take up much space, and I could quickly navigate to the websites referenced in it, but with the new feature it takes up more space, is slower, and not really what I want out of a search engine. As soon as the feature was rolled out I disabled it in settings, but the AI button stays visible, I get autocomplete specifically for Answer with AI and I get frequent notifications to try out the new AI feature. An opt-out toggle should not mean that I still am pestered to use the feature I opted out of. This is really annoying, and I’m probably going to end up switching to Startpage or SearXNG or something. Some images (opted out of AI features): [https://pawb.social/pictrs/image/13595d68-2e98-458e-8f47-f514889af04f.png] [https://pawb.social/pictrs/image/e9bfbc75-8e41-49d9-8c2e-745914d8f7e9.png]

Yet another reason why people shouldn’t be using Brave.
Stop using Brave Browser

Seriously.

The Spacebar

If you want a privacy-focused web browser, use Firefox or Vivaldi.

I thought Vivaldi was also shady? Did I maybe confuse it with Opera?

I don’t think you’re replying to my comment though, I never mentioned nor used Vivaldi.

Don’t stress over it. I didn’t read the entire thing either. It’s a relatively long article.

I Read the first few paragraphs and then when the ADHD kicked in I skim scrolled all the way to the bottom where “Vivaldi” caught my eye

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated and have a great day.

On topic, I have no opinion on Vivaldi, never used it. But then again I’ve been on Firefox for the last 15 years so… I’m a bit of a lost cause!