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  "path": "/t/wish-for-clean-brave-browser/34448?page=12#post_228",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T01:50:49.000Z",
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  "textContent": "hydrogenperoxide:\n\n> Autoupdates does not equal spyware, and in fact is essential to improving the security of the browser (especially on operating systems that don’t have package managers that update stuff for you, like windows).\n\nYeah, but not giving the user a way to disable a background process that’s constantly hitting the network is just wrong. Windows also has a built-in package manager that comes by default.\n\nhydrogenperoxide:\n\n> Brave Search has been the default search engine on brave since october 2021 (coincidentally around the time this article was last updated)\n\nSome regions still use Yandex by default, which is worse than Google. I tested this about a year or a year and a half ago with a RU IP, and Yandex is still the default search engine.\n\ngithub.com/brave/brave-browser\n\n####  Introduce Yandex in some regions\n\nopened 07:54PM - 26 Oct 20 UTC\n\nclosed 07:01AM - 21 Nov 20 UTC\n\n\n\n          bsclifton\n        \n\nQA Pass-Win64  feature/search  QA/Yes  release-notes/include  QA/Test-Plan-Specified  OS/Android  QA Pass - Android ARM  OS/Desktop\n\n## Test plan See https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7090 ## Descriptio…n Yandex is not currently shown in any default lists (it can only be added via Open Search). Searches made using that Open Search entry are are not being attributed to Brave. The goal for this issue would be to: - Add Yandex for applicable regions - Set as default for applicable regions - Ensure the URL used for search attributes Brave for search results ## Applicable regions 1. Republic of Armenia (AM) 2. Republic of Azerbaijan (AZ) 3. Republic of Belarus (BY) 4. Kyrgyz Republic (KG) 5. Republic of Kazakhstan (KZ) 6. Republic of Moldova (MD) 7. Russian Federation (RU) 8. Republic of Tajikistan (TJ) 9. Turkmenistan (TM) 10. Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ)",
  "title": "Wish for \"clean\" Brave Browser"
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