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European Parliament to ditch Google for European alternative

The European Parliament will this week replace Google with France’s Qwant – a European alternative search engine – as the default on its computers, according to an email seen by Euractiv.

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

European Parliament to ditch Google for European alternative | Euractiv

France's Qwant will this week become the default search engine on MEPs' computers

Euractiv
Jun 3 at 7:42amEU News
Show threadIgnacio (he) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊJun 3

@eunews Wonderful news, indeed!

However, it only affects to the European Parliament. I have yet to see that taking place in the public sector of European countries 

Show threadRandy Jun 3
@icg937 @eunews exactly, they should push for more European based tech to the public.
Show threadConny NaschJun 3
@eunews That is wonderful, now microsoft should be ousted... 😁
Show threadel Celio πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Jun 3

@eunews

tbh: I tried Qwant, but I went back to DuckDuckGo.

Show threadRob JessJun 3
@elCelio @eunews I like qwant but I i ultimately went back to DDG as they had a dedicated URL for no ai, which made it easier to use with firefox focus
Show threadel Celio πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦6d ago

@Rob_J @eunews

Same

Show threadHumanBeingJun 3
@eunews Can we throw Alpha in the trash and use it here? (No doubt, the children will say no but this child (me) wants it.)
Show threadJonathanJun 3
@eunews good
Show threadJohn Faithfull 🌍πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ§‘βœŠπŸ»βœŠπŸΏ6d ago

@eunews Nice. Just tried Qwant - returned results seem pretty good, although default AI garbage is included, alas. However this v easy to turn off in settings... Will try it out for a while and see how it goes. Thanks! πŸ™

#Qwant

Show threadRhys 6d ago

@FaithfullJohn @eunews try https://murena.qwant.com/

No AI at all, although unfortunately Qwant generally returns a lot of AI slop results, including in image search.

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