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Fennec with Google as a standard search engine (europe.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by Onyx376@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have always used Mullvad Leta as my search engine, but after changing smartphone and download Fennec, I ended up leaving DuckDuckgo that comes standard for now. However, after the last Fennec update (140.0.0), I was surprised to have Google as a standard search engine. What do you think of this? Someone with this same experience?

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[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Firefox on Ubuntu's repository is now managed fully by Mozilla, while in the past it wasn't. Mozilla has had a deal with Google for years to be the default search engine that has massively helped them stay alive as a company.

You are simply now getting an official build instead of a modified one, and official builds don't let you remove Google from the main interface due to this contract.