It appears as though there used to be an option to add a search engine in the settings in brave browser. This has since disappeared. There is a section below it where the “Add” button still exists… but it is no longer the “add search engine” button that apparently did exist some time ago.
Moreover, when you click on this add button this screen comes up.
What, that third prompt is asking from you, I have no idea. At any rate, if this is the way to add Yandex as a search engine, it is pretty damn far from obvious, and I would argue that this is not by any means a way to add Yandex as the DEFAULT search engine. Previous results on how to add Yandex show, very clearly, a button whereby you can “add search engine” and the prompts are clear, and it is obvious that you are in fact doing just that.
I reckon this is a deliberate move by brave to limit what you are able to read and not read. I don’t know what this function does, but clearly it is at the very least adding an extra unnecessary step that did not exist in order to more easily use the one remaining (perhaps??) browser that does not inject its world fucking view into the search results. Furthermore, I am a big boy, I can read and discern the information on the screen for myself thank you very much.
If I am incorrect than why did brave intentionally make things more difficult/less clear/worse?
I will be uninstalling brave and using a more bare-bones browser and search engine, I have zero tolerance for this diversity/DEI/censorship/search engine freedom which is permeating every f*cking corner of our lives.
It’s instructing clearly. Go to the website you want to add and do a search. So when I did a search for Swifto, the URL changed to https://yandex.com/search/?text=swifto&lr=113211&search_source=yacom_desktop_common
The instructions are to replace your search term and everything after with %s
So https://yandex.com/search/?text=swifto&lr=113211&search_source=yacom_desktop_common would become https://yandex.com/search/?text=%s
So on the third part, you put https://yandex.com/search/?text=%s
The problem is this still doesn’t allow you to set Yandex as your default search engine, since it’s being added as a “site search” and not an actual “search engine”.
@GrdLock why don’t you try it? What you’re saying is incorrect. Yes, you’re right it’s listed under Site Search but that doesn’t mean it’s not a search engine or can’t be set as a default search engine. For example, below is where it shows Search Engines and Site Search. You’ll see that Yandex is listed under Site Search and not Search Engines.
Now it has Yandex under Search Engines and it’s my default.
The links I provided explain some of these details. It’s always helpful to take the time to read through shared information and try the suggested steps before assuming or arguing. It can make everything much smoother for everyone.
