I nearly left them after reading through all that, but I kinda reached the conclusion that they have open discussion about it on the company portal with users, they’ve given their justifications, and they are listening. Who knows though, maybe they’re just funnelling through brave to save money, and it’s got nothing to do with search results.

To me, it’s an icecream with a smell of dogshit, rather than an icecream topped with dogshit. It’s not completely perfect, but it’s a struggle to find any service that’s 100% agreeable nowadays.