Waterfox 6.5.10: Bing terminates search syndication deal (www.waterfox.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Bing has terminated all of its search syndication and API services, and will likely be removed completely in a future version. As it is a struggle to monetise Waterfox Private Search with an ad-supported free version, it’s unlikely it will ever be default and instead will be a subscription-only based service.

The default search engine has been changed to Startpage.

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[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no... anyone know what this means for DuckDuckGo?

[-] cosmo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A quick search tells me that DuckDuckGo and other larger partners will retain access, for now.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’d imagine their search results will get slightly better.

I’m not entirely joking because Bing is that terrible.

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