I currently use Firefox and DuckDuckGo, but I’m thinking about getting a new browser and search engine. Are there any good recommendations. Privacy-focused is non-negotiable, and i would like it to be open source.
I have heard of Ecosia. How exactly do they work? If they truly do help the environment, like they claim, I may look into that. Is there any evidence? Looking into their privacy policy, it doesn’t seem too optimal.
There are only really two and a half browsers; Firefox and Chrome/Safari. Firefox (engine: Gecko) is descended from Netscape (which was American) and Chrome (Blink, fork of WebKit) and Safari (WebKit, fork of KHTML) are descended from Konqueror (KHTML, German, abandoned). Everything else (almost) is a reskin of one of those.
There are two up-and-comers, Servo (cancelled Gecko replacement, now resurrected by Igalia in Spain) and Ladybird (Swedish). I’d love to use either, but they’re not ready yet. These (and all the other little independent browsers that aren’t just Chrome/Safari/Firefox with a new hat) are awesome, but will fail on the shitty “modern” websites you’re inevitably forced to use.
(To some extent all of the above mentioned browsers are open-source and not really just developed in one country, but I’m simplifying for the sake of choosing whether they’re European or not.)
Thanks for the info!
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Thanks! I’ll look into Qwant.
Those are search engines, not browsers
This is a comment.
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Excuse me, I didn’t realise OP was also asking for search engines. (Not sarcasm)
I think browser do not have to be european as long as it is opensource, so Firefox, Librewolf, Brave, Mullvad (swedish) are all great options. As search ecosia worked well for me but I didn’t find a way too see their random ads (to support them) with my protections, so I felt like I should not use them. Duck duck go works for me best, I made my piece with that.
https://www.degoogle-your-life.com/en/alternatives/browser-alternatives
https://www.degoogle-your-life.com/en/alternatives/google-search-alternatives
Two posts on my website that cover that - (though admittedly not exclusively EU-focused).
Not sure you’re aware but you failed to create a mention once @verified_human_user@infosec.exchange, and also failed to create a link twice (link to degoogle-your-life.com). No hard feelings though
@huppakee
Perhaps I’m missing something… The links and mention above seem to be working on my end - but no hard feelings taken regardless :D just mildly confusedStrange, wouldn’t have commented for the mention but Voyager on Android shows this as the first ‘word’:
degoogle-your-life.com/en/altedegoogle-your-life.com/en/alteTwo
I like Zen browser, it’s a fork of Firefox. AFAIK its not based in any single jurisdiction. And as a search engine I like Qwant. They have a pretty minimalistic design, value my privacy and are building a European Search Index with Ecosia.
Thanks!
For search engines you can try a searx instance, which will use whichever backends you want.
