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Re:Brave Search beta by __ka on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:41AM (#27601866)
The chosen country is important. `uva` may be more commonly associated with the University of Virginia in the US. For Netherlands (same query) https://search.brave.com/search?q=uva&country=nl will correctly point to Universiteit van Amsterdam.

At present we default to country US. We're looking to implement better defaults soon.

We do hope you stick around!

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Re:Brave Search beta by c-fe on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:59AM (#27601987)
Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to address my problem, however me having to change the country manually sounds like an additional workaround. I wish you the best luck though with your search!
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Re:Brave Search beta by the_other on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:41AM (#27602941)
The whole point of DDG is to respect privacy. That means knowing as little about its users as possible. The country select actually improves the (impression of) privacy for me.
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