Ecosia and Qwant, two European search engines, join forces on an index to shrink reliance on Big Tech

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/

Qwant, France’s privacy-focused search engine, and Ecosia, a Berlin-based not-for-profit search engine that uses ad revenue to fund tree planting and other climate-focused initiatives, are joining forces on a joint venture to develop their own European search index.

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Vega@feddit.it · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yeah, qwant, the same search engine with complete reliance on huawei and bing, who asked to deactivate adblocker to use their page. Qwant isn't privacy focused, it's just marketing

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 8 pts · 1y

Thats why you use it via SearXNG, just like the rest.

Wutchilli@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Im just gonna drop this here

https://openwebsearch.eu/owler/

There ist allready an Open Web Index in the making

anytimesoon@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's awesome! I didn't know about this. Thank you for sharing

Wutchilli@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Thats sadly the thing with non commercial work/science. It often dosn't have a fancy product announcement that gets picked up by the news.

Solumbran@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Qwant went to shit, this is not going to get better.

zante@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
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