they’re constantly trying to get you to have google as your search engine
Are they? I use firefox on my laptop and have never gotten any pop ups or anything about changing my search engine to google or anything else for that matter.
“Constantly” is a ridiculous exaggeration, it’s rare and it’s not some random nagging prompt or anything. It’s tied to software updates wherein the list of default search engines Firefox suggests in preferences is also updated.
Why did my search engine change?
From time to time, Mozilla may update the list of search engines that are available in Firefox or set as default in specific regions. If your default search engine is changed, you’ll receive a notification in Firefox so you can further customize your default search settings.
If you received a notification that your default search engine has changed after updating Firefox, you can keep the new default or set a search engine of your choice.
Right, I’ve had updates 2x a week sometimes. Then it goes for a long time. I’m not complaining about the updates, just that I have to go through all of my settings every time.
Firefox has a wee bit of stink anyway, they’re the best out there though.
Are they? I use firefox on my laptop and have never gotten any pop ups or anything about changing my search engine to google or anything else for that matter.
Mine automatically changes and I have to go and delete all of the other search engines besides duck duck go every other update.
I’ve never had that issue with ff+ddg
Lucky you, I wish it was that way for me. The guy below says that it’s common with updates, so I don’t think I"m the only one.
The guy below does not say it’s common with updates, they say it is happens with updates that update the default list of providers, which are rare.
“Constantly” is a ridiculous exaggeration, it’s rare and it’s not some random nagging prompt or anything. It’s tied to software updates wherein the list of default search engines Firefox suggests in preferences is also updated.
Source via support.mozilla.org
Right, I’ve had updates 2x a week sometimes. Then it goes for a long time. I’m not complaining about the updates, just that I have to go through all of my settings every time.