I've tried it on my phone. Doesn't let me search for anything because I use an adblocker. No dice
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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Update your filters, it's a recent issue with Qwant which uBlock at least have fixed.
My filters are always updated. It's Qwant who should update their website...
And whats the partnership about?
I'm guessing that Qwant will now appear as a default search engine
Google is the default search engine because they pay a lot to mozilla, I doubt that would change
That's why I said a default engine; Firefox comes prepackaged with a few default search engines, Google being the one selected OOTB
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.
Well, semantics. Then I'd have to correct myself and suppose that Qwant would be included.
First time I've heard of this web search engine. Anyone used it?
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.
I have tried it in English and Spanish, the first results are usually the same as DuckDuckGo, but the rest are worse.
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.
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...
Qwant primarily uses Bing. Every single concern is the same.
I used it for a while - worked well and I believe it's made in the EU.
Better than DDG or Bing, but worse than Google
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.
Fair, though that was incredibly recent.
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).