Empowering Choice: Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Web
Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Firefox, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. I
I've tried it on my phone. Doesn't let me search for anything because I use an adblocker. No dice
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...
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.
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).
