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Re: why dont linux make a search engine

Hi Diggsy.

Firefox is a "web browser" rather than  search engine.  It goes to wherever you have set it to go (in the address bar), and at start-up, your default destination is - guess what? - Google, which is a search engine.  It is true that Firefox does use "back-office" software provided by Google, but I've not seen reports of it being misused, and Mozilla is positive about personal privacy - see https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/privacy/[...
Hi Diggsy.

Firefox is a "web browser" rather than  search engine.  It goes to wherever you have set it to go (in the address bar), and at start-up, your default destination is - guess what? - Google, which is a search engine.  It is true that Firefox does use "back-office" software provided by Google, but I've not seen reports of it being misused, and Mozilla is positive about personal privacy - see https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/privacy/[...