So as you may know, i am a guy mostly focused on privacy. Basically, insead of google i use SearXNG. (Privacy focused search engine) However, when i went to change the default search engine in safari, there was no option to add a custom search engine.
This really pissed me off. So how come Apple allows changing default browsers in the EU, but not search engines?
you could try Safari/Webkit based Orion, which also happens to be more privacy focused as well. https://kagi.com/orion/
IDK use Firefox mobile I guess?
Kagi offers a safari plugin which intercepts a search request and sends it to Kagi instead. Works great.
Why not just use firefox?
When Apple figures out a way to maximize its profit by extorting those search engines.
@prousername@lemmy.ml It is not ideal, but you can use privacy redirect, an extension to change the search engine
I use Arc Browser on iOS you can click search for me and it will peruse the top links to your search query and use an LLM to extract the information you want so you can avoid the cancer that is modern websites plagued with ads and burying the leed.
What did Apple tell you when you asked? Did you think anyone here knows the answer?
Only search engine who pay got into that list.
You are privacy focused and use apple? I think I have found your problem.
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