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

Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 162 points –

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):

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That just means it shouldn't have been enabled in the first place.

It's just an interface element suggesting their product, I don't find it that intrusive for having to be an opt in option

If they inject links into web pages, they can change anything else, meaning they xan't be trusted.

as most addons do, imagine they're removing your ads

That is different, you install addons deliberately, a deafult setting in a browser is not an active choice.