Qwant: The Search Engine That Respects Your Privacy
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HN comment orderAt some point, we're going to cut the branding middle-man, and put Bing on the front page of HN as a viable alternative to Google Search. Not as sexy as the high-minded front organizations that reskin it, but it'd be nice if we could be honest with ourselves about the beasts we were feeding.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631473
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 218
- Total comments
- 175
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-28 | Qwant | maelito | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-04-09 | Qwant - a search engine that doesn't track you | dgudkov | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-06-30 | Qwant | jorgecastillo | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-10-31 | Non-US Google search alternative | walkingolof | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-09-14 | Qwant – An alternative to GoogleFirst breakout | _j4jc | 72 | 71 |
| 2020-11-12 | Qwant: The Search Engine That Respects Your PrivacyHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | Mizza | 133 | 104 |
| 2024-04-05 | Qwant – The search engine that doesn't know anything about you | jeena | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-08-01 | Qwant: The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product | kaladin-jasnah | 2 | 0 |