Bug 415085

Summary:	add the Qwant search engine as default option
Product:	[Applications] Falkon	Reporter:	Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) <estellnb>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	jurajoravec
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2019-12-12 11:27:17 UTC

I welcome that you have not set Google as default search engine because it engages in unfair practices. My favourite search engine is Qwant. It is a European company located in France and offers completely independent web indexing as duckduckgo does. However data protection laws use to be better in the EU and there is no automatic NSA extradition outside the US. That is why I use Qwant:
* https://qwant.com/?q=%s&t=web
  Though it is quite easy to install an own search engine with Falkon it would be a hit to have this as default choice option.

Comment 1 Juraj 2023-11-26 22:07:52 UTC

Hello,

There is enough predefined search engines in Falkon.
For privacy oriented things there is Startpage.
Adding new search engine can be done by user.

Best regards,
Juraj