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Empowering Choice: Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Web (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 7 months ago by soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] carlosfm@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've tried it on my phone. Doesn't let me search for anything because I use an adblocker. No dice

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Update your filters, it's a recent issue with Qwant which uBlock at least have fixed.

[–] carlosfm@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

My filters are always updated. It's Qwant who should update their website...

[–] jesusrp98@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And whats the partnership about?

[–] Emanuel 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that Qwant will now appear as a default search engine

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Google is the default search engine because they pay a lot to mozilla, I doubt that would change

[–] Emanuel 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's why I said a default engine; Firefox comes prepackaged with a few default search engines, Google being the one selected OOTB

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think “default” on this context would refer to the search engine that is selected OOTB; Google is the default; the others are merely included. There can be only one default.

[–] Emanuel 7 points 7 months ago

Well, semantics. Then I'd have to correct myself and suppose that Qwant would be included.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago (5 children)

First time I've heard of this web search engine. Anyone used it?

[–] Gueoris@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use it every day. The results are much better than Duckduckgo, but maybe that's because I'm French and it's a French service.

I don't know how good it is for non-French customers.

[–] Facni@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

I have tried it in English and Spanish, the first results are usually the same as DuckDuckGo, but the rest are worse.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Been using it since I read DDG was discovered having trackers from Microsoft, which they've since removed - or so they claim.

I can say that 2 times out of 10 I defer to DDG, or even Google. But it's good enough and they are based in the EU, so they are forced by law to follow certain privacy measures.

If Mozilla teams up with them, I'm only expecting Qwant to get better - and it's supporting competition, so that's nice.

[–] dick_stitches@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Been using it since I read DDG was discovered having trackers from Microsoft, which they’ve since removed - or so they claim.

Considering the only news results I get on DDG are from MSN, I believe it, but also I'm guessing the net result is the same...

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Qwant primarily uses Bing. Every single concern is the same.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I used it for a while - worked well and I believe it's made in the EU.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 7 months ago

Better than DDG or Bing, but worse than Google

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

used it a few times, it's okay 👍

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ever since it came out that the company they partnered with to remove personal information from data brokers was owned by a guy who’d started and owned numerous data brokers, I’ve become a little skeptical that they’re doing their due diligence on their partners.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Fair, though that was incredibly recent.

[–] le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Is Mozilla going to set qwant as default search engine ? Or at least stop setting Google as default ?

If no, then this is just PR crap no one should care about. Not that many people care about Firefox anyway (2% market share nowadays).