Comment by throwaway292893

Bing and thus DDG's index really isn't that good.

Is Microsoft an underdog now? Why do you consider them any better than Google, especially after the "tank man" fiasco?

I don't see why it's a bad thing to make your own thing or to only promote your own company.

Brave isn't reinventing the wheel either, they purchased & revived Tailcats from Cliqz (https://0x65.dev/)

The bang operators are a small feature that are easy to implement, nothing special. Taking inspiration and features from competitors is nothing new.

Even in this thread there was a user asking for them, saying they'd switch over if Brave implements them (they already have them obviously)

I don't even think DDG came up with them first...