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Reviews for Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker

Qwant - Search engine & tracker blocker by Qwant

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  • by Firefox user 14543960, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15320784, 5 years ago
    Je n'ai qu'à me louer d'utiliser Qwant depuis plusieurs années
  • by Firefox user 15305298, 5 years ago
    The first impression was promising but after installing the addon Qwant gave itself the permission to change my startpage without my consent and there is no way to disable this. That's unacceptable and quite fishy for a search engine that 'respects' my privacy. Going back to DuckDuckGo.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello, we're sorry that this addon does not suit you but here is a second addon, it does not change your homepage and only sets Qwant as your default search engine. https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/qwant-com/
  • by RA.AZ, 5 years ago
    Some time after installing, it changed my homepage without my consent! When I go to Settings > Home, I'm not able to input my previous or new homepage url - they're all greyed out with a message underneath:
    "An extension, Qwant, is controlling your home page."
    The only way to restore your homepage or change it appears to be by disabling or uninstalling this extension!!!

    I've sent an abuse report to Mozilla about this addon. Uninstalling this right now and sticking to DuckDuckGo.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello, we're sorry that this addon does not suit you but here is a second addon, it does not change your homepage and only sets Qwant as your default search engine. https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/qwant-com/

    The fact that you cannot revert your homepage is truly an issue and we've already asked Mozilla if the override of the homepage could be consensual, but as of today, if an extension wants to set the user's homepage, there is no other way than what we did, this is why we do provide another addon.
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  • by Firefox user 15073028, 5 years ago
    On installing Qwant, it made itself my main search engine - without my consent!

    I used this search engine for a few minutes, but found that I could only choose 'english for the interface display, and not the actual searches that came back!

    Why is that not an option?! ... french, dutch and german were choices, but not english.

    After that experience, I uninstalled the Qwant extension, it prompted me to submit a reason why I was uninstalling. I was told that my few lines of explaination was 'too long' (max is 255 characters) ...ok fine, so I gave up, totally ridiculous!

    Once uninstalled, I noticed that my startup homepage and tabs had been deleted! ... I had 5 tabs that open on firefox start-up, after uninstalling Qwant they had been deleted.

    What a pathetic attempt, get a grip Qwant .. do you even think about your users?

    - these are important and annoying inconveniences, and they are not even being addressed.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello, we're sorry that this addon does not suit you but the search engine feature is advised on the description.

    As for the search language, we're sorry that the settings were not obvious too. Qwant does handle over 20 different languages, and of course english is one of them.

    The fact that you cannot revert your homepage is truly an issue and we've already asked Mozilla if the override of the homepage could be consensual, but as of today, if an extension wants to set the user's homepage, there is no other way than what we did, this is why we do provide another addon.
  • by Firefox user 14655295, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14879458, 5 years ago
    changing your home page and controlling it sucks. Ask people in Hong Kong. Control sucks. Its a no brainer. Use Duck Duck Go,it respects your browser

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello, we're sorry that this addon does not suit you but here is a second addon, it does not change your homepage and only sets Qwant as your default search engine. https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/qwant-com/

    The fact that you cannot revert your homepage is truly an issue and we've already asked Mozilla if the override of the homepage could be consensual, but as of today, if an extension wants to set the user's homepage, there is no other way than what we did, this is why we do provide another addon.
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  • by Firefox user 15204453, 5 years ago
    Page par défaut de firefox pointe obligatoirement sur Qwant (impossible à changer sans désactiver l'extension).
    Et même si on se connecte à son compte Qwant dans l'extension, çà n'est pas répercuté sur le site (on doit se connecter à nouveau...).
    Je supprime cette extension, c'est une catastrophe.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Bonjour, nous sommes désolés que cette extension ne vous convienne pas. Nous en avons créé une 2ème qui ne change pas votre page d'accueil : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/qwant-com/

    Le fait de ne pas pouvoir demander le consentement de l'utilisateur pour changer sa page d'accueil est effectivement un problème, nous avons demandé à Mozilla si une autre façon de faire était possible mais ce n'est pas apparemment pas le cas.
  • by tuxayo, 5 years ago
    Obligé d'enlever l’extension car je veux juste avoir Qwant en moteur de recherche par défaut. Pas avoir la page d'accueil. Je n'arrive plus à supporter de voir les "Hot trends", trop déconcentrant. Et des fois je me laisse aller et donc je retrouve sur des sites qui n'ont aucun respect de la vie privé. Donc ça porte atteinte à la mission que s'est donnée Qwant.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Bonjour, nous sommes désolés que cette extension ne vous convienne pas. Nous en avons créé une 2ème qui ne change pas votre page d'accueil : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/qwant-com/

    Nos valeurs de respect de la vie privée et de neutralité nous imposent aussi de ne pas filtrer de sites ne les partageant pas. Nous sommes désolés que ceci ait des répercussion sur votre navigation.
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  • by Firefox user 15175653, 5 years ago
    Super