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1.org now the default search engine in WaterFox. (piefed.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by albbi@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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I just updated (I use arch btw) and had to reboot WaterFox. The default search engine got changed to 1.org and StartPage no longer shows up as a default option even. Has this happened to anybody else?

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

Never heard of it. Nice domain. Claims to donate to charity every time you search. Makes 3rd party requests to

cookielaw.org  
cloudfront.net  
googletagmanager.com  
unpkg.com

Compared to DDG-noAI: zero 3rd party requests.

Waterfox believe in charity so much, they made some sort of deal with a company that is making money with the idea of helping by making internet searches?

BTW, I use Librewolf.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Compared to DDG-noAI: zero 3rd party requests.

No need when they're already selling your search habits from the backend.

[–] eskealler@mastodon.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@refalo @A_norny_mousse Speculation? Dokumentation?

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In my case, no speculation. That's what one of my addons shows me.

[–] eskealler@mastodon.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

@A_norny_mousse what addons? Privacy badger flags nothing for me on on DuckDuckGo.com

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