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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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[–] 27 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Startpage kinda sucks in my Opinion.

On the other hand, DuckDuckGo is pretty good. I know they get some results from Bing, but it doesn't seem too privacy breaking for me

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't really see much of a difference between all of these different choices. I tried to like StartPage but it didn't seem to be that great and I'd have to go back to Google every once in a while. Still want to check out Kagi one of these days.

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    • [–] 20 points 3 months ago

    I like Qwant, but I'm a European working for a French enterprise, so.

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    [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    They change their search engines more than their underwear.

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    [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Been using Waterfox for a while, switching off of startpage was the first thing I did. I welcome this change.

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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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    • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Wish I could financially justify paying for Kagi, because that is really nice.

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    Yeah I tried it a bit because I'm sick of DuckFuck's AI bullshit, but Qwant appears to lack even the ability to report results for danger or slop so it's frustrating.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (10 children)

    AI bullshit

    They make that super easy to turn off:

    https://duckduckgo.com/settings#aifeatures

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    Yes, but it always returns.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    go to https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

    right click inside the search box on that page.

    add search engine.

    optional: add a 'keyword' when adding the above, or change the browser's default to this newly-added search engine choice.

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

    Any idea how to do that on mobile?

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

    Firefox (or its derivatives) -> settings -> search -> manage alternative search engines -> add search engine.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    and this is the magic search url to add:

    https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s

    lemmy is converting characters in that url.. the last characters should be: questionmark q equals percent s (no '25' mixed in there)

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Are you resetting your cookies or doing this in a private window? That setting lasts as long as your cookies for the site do (as that is where your choice is saved).

    You can also use the NoAI URL instead of the default one: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Why would I ever give them cookies permission in the first place? Thats stupid.

    If they add a noAi option to search from the address bar I'll use it, but I fundamentally don't support any AI bullshit companies.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Qwant not available in the Philippines... gotta use VPN

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