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Brave Browser Chooses Qwant as Its Default Search Engine in France and Germany
- maltalex 8y agoNever heard of Qwant before. How does it compare to duckduckgo and startpage?
- hobofan 8y agoThe main differentiator that is probably responsible for this decision: "Qwant is also a Brave Verified Publisher" (from the blog post).
- Raed667 8y agoI have used duckduckgo a few years ago, I found myself going back to google "!g" often. More recently, I started using Qwant it seems to be better (subjectively) but from time to time I find myself heading to google again.
- forapurpose 8y ago> I have used duckduckgo a few years ago, I found myself going back to google "!g" often. More recently, I started using Qwant it seems to be better (subjectively) but from time to time I find myself heading to google again. This is a common narrative but if you think about it, it's bad data: * Question: Which solution, A or B, outputs more accurate results? * Method: Collect inputs for which A outputs inaccurate results; run those inputs through B. ... obviously, the data from the experiment isn't meaningful to the original question.
- Mononokay 8y agoIt used to be better than both, flat out. Information-dense interface, mid-weight size-wise, semi-relevant search results at least 90% of the time, etc. Now, though, they revamped the interface, it takes three times as long to load, and the results are less and less relevant as time goes on. Loses 100% to DDG presently, I'd say it's a tossup between it and Startpage, just because Startpage's interface is kind of the anti-Qwant; a semi-clunky, lightweight extreme rather than a semi-fluid, heavy extreme. I'd recommend skipping out on it, personally.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agolite.qwant.com gives an interface as light as Google or DDG, without all the social and news garbage on the main page. Doesn't need JS active like the default home page either.
- forapurpose 8y agoDoes anyone know anything about Startpage? All I see is a website with the text of a good privacy policy. But who the heck are they? Why should I trust them? Compare that with DuckDuckGo, whose leadership, support, and activities are widely known and who I know are more committed and competent than some random person who typed up a privacy policy. I don't mean to raise doubts about Startpage - I'd love to know more about them so I could have more confidence in them and have another alternative. Also, I find that non-technical users seem to stick with it more than with DDG, when I introduce them to it.
- gnicholas 8y ago> loads major news sites 2 to 8 times faster than Chrome and Safari on mobile, and 2 times faster than Chrome on desktop. How does it compare to Firefox Focus? That's my go-to for mobile searches.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoWorse in every way.
- gnicholas 8y agoDetails? I assume at least it has bookmarks and keeps cookies around? I use FF for quick searches but not anything that requires login for that reason.
- Buge 8y agohttps://www.qwant.com/ https://www.qwant.com/ needs to fix the homepage, so that the search bar doesn't jump up and down while the page loads.
- singularity2001 8y agolite.qwant.com is amazingly fast now. however they do auto-correction without even showing a "Did you mean …" link. That is a deal-breaker.
- Markoff 8y agoi have no gapps on my phone/computer and don't use any google services with log in, but still fail to find search engine other than Google which would pass my simple test - enter well known movie and see if engine shows synapsis, information about director/actors and ratings from various sources another test would be name if business and showing me their office hours and address at very least with map preferably