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- Brave is now listed as a subprocessor on the Anthropic Trust Center portal

- Search results for "interesting pelican facts" from Claude and Brave were an exact match

- If you ask Claude for the definition of its web_search tool one of the properties is called "BraveSearchParams"

Remarkably, it looks like Brave will survive even while Basic Attention Token is essentially dead. What an interesting pivot.

Very disappointing, Brave is the last company I want my data going to

Install MCP plugin and call a search engine of your choice.

If you’re unhappy about something, try to first think of a solution before expressing your discontent.

Wow, so condescending

I don't use the desktop app and I don't want to use the desktop app or jump through a bunch of hoops to support basic functionality without having my data sent to a sketchy company.

There's always the option of not using it.

Why? I am not aware of what's wrong with them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controvers...

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