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Waterfox changing their default search engine again... (media.piefed.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Doesn't even get into WaterFox Private Search.

Guess we doin' 'x' now meme showing Start Page icons, 1.org icon and finally Qwant icon from the WaterFox factory.
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

As a Brazilian, it's such a very useful search engine for me! /sNow, seriously, it's a good thing I don't update software as regularly as I should. I'm using an old version (6.6.10) of Waterfox and, if it's going to change search engines, I'm likely going to stick with this version. Tech can't help but enshittify.!memes@lemmy.world

Screenshot of Qwant geofencing me: "Thanks for your visit, Unfortunately we are not yet available in your country".

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It won't change your search engine if you've set something else as your default. So just set it to what you want and then you're free to update Waterfox.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    After countless experiences of having settings reverted back to defaults upon updating, and having updates always coming with surprises like a Kinder Joy Surprise in the 00s, I doubt something wouldn't end up smuggled like soldiers ("Agentic agents!") inside a seemingly innocuous wooden monument. For example, the Waterfox version I'm using as of now (6.6.10) doesn't seem to ship with the "Firefox's VeRy HeLpFuL AgEnTiC bRoWsEr™ features" which can't exactly be prevented from eventually bleeding through its forks, and this includes Waterfox. If it didn't yet, it'll do eventually as soon as Googl... I mean, Mozilla, makes it part of non-removable binary blobs within the upstream.At this point, my only browser update will be when Servo browser finally debuts as an usable browser for daily web browsing affairs.!memes@lemmy.world

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