Firefox removed Yandex search option

Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by fithisux on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:15PM (#30677662)

Firefox takes sides based on politics not justice.

I may need to seek a more "free" alternative

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by Tagbert on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:22PM (#30677753)

This seems to be solidly on the side of justice.

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by m0ngr31 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:53PM (#30678130)

Should they have blocked Google and Bing after the invasion of Iraq?

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by kazinator on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:54PM (#30678153)

Bing didn't exist in 2003 (launched in 2009), and I don't think that Firefox ("Firebird" at the time) had a search bar with search engines.

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by Dunedan on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:50PM (#30678889)

That got me curious, so I fired up some old versions of Mozilla Phoenix and checked that out. Turns out already Mozilla Phoenix 0.2 (https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/phoenix/releases/0.2/), released on October 1, 2002, which was the version which originally introduced the search bar, offered the ability to select different search providers.

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by kazinator on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:22PM (#30679234)

Hey, that's interesting. Thanks for looking into it!

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by max599 on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:40PM (#30680407)

Bombing civilians in the middle east didn't stop in 2009.

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Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option by kevingadd on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:24PM (#30677780)

What you're looking for is not "free", it is still free software even if they change the default search engines that come pre-configured in their software. You are looking for software aligned with your politics (which is fine!)

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