Brave Search redirects to websites via Google

Brave – 3 Aug 23

Brave Search launches independent image/video search | Brave

Brave Search's new independent image and video search feature protects your privacy and freedom to access information online.

After several months of development, Brave Search is releasing its own privacy-preserving image and video search that is independent from Big Tech search engines. Users will no longer need to leave Brave Search for image and video search results. Now any Brave Search query can be served directly from Brave’s own index , enabling users to benefit from a fully independent search engine that protects their privacy and is censorship-resistant.

I thought Brave removed all fallbacks according to this blog post from Aug 3, 2023