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c/PurchaseWithPurpose · by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world · 79d

🇪🇺 European Parliament to ditch Google for Qwant - part of a series of proposals to reduce reliance on US Big Tech

https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-to-ditch-google-for-european-alternative/

Fantastic initiative! The more major institutions push alternatives, the quicker the word can spread of the excellent alternatives out there.

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Gamechanger@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 79d (2 replies)

One teeny tiny step in the right direction, I guess.

FallenWalnut@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 79d (1 reply)

A year ago, we weren't taking any steps. Now many different European institutions are taking similar actions.

Gamechanger@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 79d

Lets see what happens in 2 and a 1/2ish years. Trump, and the hatred for him, will be gone and a lot of the european conservatives will return to their usual state of absolute spinelessnes.

ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 13 pts · 79d (1 reply)

I started using Qwant. Then I started using a VPN.

Qwant didn't like that.

So back to DuckDuckGo I went.

brap@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d

Same with Startpage. It keeps firing Capchas (sp?) so it went in the bin.

Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Been using Qwant for about year now, its honestly great. My only complaint is searches can be a bit slow, but its only like waiting 5 seconds before results populate

Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 79d

IDK if its really 5s but that's like eons in page loading time

atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Qwant? What happened to the European Search Index? Did the EU put loads of money into that?

And isn't Qwant just a Bing user?

Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 12 pts · 79d

https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/

haroldfinch@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 79d (1 reply)

Reduce reliance on US Big Tech and deepen ties with China? https://www.techwarrant.com/european-search-engine-qwant-wants-financing-from-investment-company-huawei/

I prefer Ecosia, even though they host (partially?) on AWS.

thesdev@feddit.org · 0 pts · 79d

Article from 2021?

I left Ecosia last week after they added the AI tab.