Pourquoi ce choix de Qwant ? Why Qwant?

[glouton]

Hello,

Cette question me turlupine depuis le début donc je me décide enfin à la poser.

Étant donné les affaires et controverses autour de Qwant et ses créateurs, ce choix dans /e/OS m’interroge.

Personnellement j’utilise de toute façon Firefox et duckduckgo depuis des lustres, mais je veux bien des éclaircissements, si quelqu’un en a.

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Hi,

I’ve been wondering this since the very beginning and I’m asking at last.

Considering the controversies and affairs which Qwant and its creators have been facing, I find this choice quite odd.

I’ve been using Firefox and duckduckgo for ages anyway, but if anyone have some intel I’d be happy to read.

Cheers

[tcecyk]

are you asking murena or random users?

qwant is France incorporated, as is murena. That is probably a factor. Scandal ridden Leandri is out and OVH Klaba bought it off in '23.

Technically it’s good enough and doesn’t have a 1:1 EU competitor. Haven’t heard yet by what percentage their own index is used yet if at all (Ecosia joint venture) vs bing. Besides ddg, there’s a few alternatives, some even EU, but most will not have their own crawlers and index. With users chatting increasingly to LLMs for research, I wonder where this will go.