That whole post they didn't even have one sentence that clearly states what theyre doing. I assume it's "now we'll make Ecosia one of the default choices".
It's not in Firefox mobile.
Sure, I could probably find the URLs to add it in at a new custom search engine. But if you're gonna make such a bombastic announcement, I expect you to have the update ready beforehand.
Do they not realize that mobile is most Web traffic nowadays?
It's in Mull on Android which is the browser I use the most. It's basically Firefox but with privacy turned up and no Mozilla telemetry.
In that case, Aloha Browser implemented Ecosia eons ago which is a very popular mobile browser among Asians due to its ability to download video like the right-click contextual menus in desktop browsers… however, YouTube is an exception.
I'm trying to avoid Chromium clones altogether. I really don't like the engine quasi-monopoly we have and I don't want to participate in furthering it.
If you’re on desktop, am actually using Zen Browser that’s based on BetterFox (FireFox) with uBlock Origin and Startpage.
Ecosia deserves all the support they can get!
Cool stuff, now of Firefox didn't switch back to Google every major update or so, that would be great... because I actually do have Ecosia selected and need to switch back to it every once in a while because hey why not
I've never had my search engine change from an update, and I use it on Linux, Android, and macOS. I set mine to DDG years ago and it has never changed.
I suspect that is something specific to Ecosia, that they changed parameters from time to time which changes the entry, making your selected one no longer available, and then this happens: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-engine-removal
The fact that they announce Ecosia now after it's been available for a bit, makes me think this is what happened. I'll see
You might want to check if Windows is the culprit.
Using Linux here
Dunno then my friend. It's not been an issue for me on either OS. But I believe you of course. Good luck figuring it out
Here's a suggestion that would show they care about their users and making the web a better place:
Give users the option to download firefox with adblockers pre-installed. Literally put them right next to the "normal" browser download and see which gets more hits.
because adblockers often lead to websites not working which would lead to non techie people complaining about firefox.
Not really.
Replace "often" with "exceedingly rarely" and you'd be more accurate, but then you can just be describing websites that don't work properly in general.
“OMG this is crazy but in light of the looming Google antitrust stuff did y’all realize there are other browsers out there??”
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