Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Feedback - default search engines

[apatride]

Well then why is Google still approved by the GNUzilla project ?
I think that's precisely what Josh was asking right ?

Google isn't just a default search engine in Icecat, it's also used for 
various "services" I personally never asked for.

See that capture of entries related to google in about:config :

https://i.imgur.com/PHAZ2uv.png

"Its main advantage is an ethical one" ??


On 05/03/2016 09:27, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> "Google's accuracy" is a distortion.
> Anybody can type "www.google.com" to find its accuracy, and everybody
> who knows Google knows this URL.
>
> Google's presence there is as an approved company by GNUzilla project.
>
> Searx project should be really approved.
>
>
> El 04/03/16 a les 21:59, Joe Westlaw ha escrit:
> > Although I agree with you, I'm not sharing your whole opinion. Although
> > I'm liking Google less every day, I just take its 'presence' in DDG as a
> > 'just-in-case' tool. Sometimes Google's accuracy is needed (and I'm
> > saying this as an active DDG user), or prefer using it when you need to
> > look for images (I don't really like Bing).
> >
> > Your feedback makes sense, but unfortunately I don't think the developers would 
> > make anything for it, as
> > DuckDuckGo isn't Icecat's 'personal' search engine; a program that
> > supplies all its privacy related features. A more ambitious project
> > should be making a specific Gnuzilla search engine, which mixes the
> > power of the best ones, and adds some homemade features. However, I'm
> > not concerned about the difficulty of the project, as I'm not
> > specialized in that field.
> >
> > Thanks for your contribution. Happy hacking.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe Westlaw.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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