Ecosia and Qwant, two European search engines, join forces on an index to shrink reliance on Big Tech

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/

Qwant, France’s privacy-focused search engine, and Ecosia, a Berlin-based not-for-profit search engine that uses ad revenue to fund tree planting and other climate-focused initiatives, are joining forces on a joint venture to develop their own European search index.

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Wutchilli@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Im just gonna drop this here

openwebsearch.eu/owler/

There ist allready an Open Web Index in the making

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- anytimesoon@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s awesome! I didn’t know about this. Thank you for sharing
  
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  - Wutchilli@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thats sadly the thing with non commercial work/science. It often dosn’t have a fancy product announcement that gets picked up by the news.
    
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Solumbran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Qwant went to shit, this is not going to get better.

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Vega@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah, qwant, the same search engine with complete reliance on huawei and bing, who asked to deactivate adblocker to use their page. Qwant isn’t privacy focused, it’s just marketing

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- fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Thats why you use it via SearXNG, just like the rest.
  
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zante@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Promising !

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