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Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Laser 2 points 2 days ago

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