• akilou@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    18
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    Wtf is Qwant?

    Edit: oh, OK, it’s a search engine. Next questions, what is the nature of the “partnership” and how is this better or different than DDG?

    • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      7 months ago

      Sometimes better search results than DDG (but about the same), EU based (France), offers a Openstreetmap based alternative to google maps (opposed to ddg using Apple Maps) and a slightly worse privacy policy are the main differences

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      7 months ago

      what is the nature of the “partnership”

      The partnership is entirely of monetary nature. Like all “partnerships” Mozilla has with 3rd parties that are integrated into Firefox.

      That is their business concept. Those companies pay high amounts of money, and Mozilla adds their links into the browser or sends them “anonymized” usage statistics for advertisement purposes.

      • akilou@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 months ago

        Right, then the question is, what’s Qwant’s business model. Where do they get the money from to send to Mozilla? I’m just always so suspicious that the users are the ones getting burned

        • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          7 months ago

          what’s Qwant’s business model.

          They sell search queries and meta data (IP address,user agent, etc.) to Microsoft for advertising purposes.