Read the privacy policy. Not good.
First off, as of the writing of this review, the privacy policy URL in this App Store listing is broken. If you wish to read the policy, open a browser and navigate to Qwant and read it there.
Second issue - why on earth does Qwant need to know our device ID? That is privileged information that is completely irrelevant to the use of a “privacy” search engine.
Third and most pressing issue: the privacy policy itself is not what I would consider reassuring. While it’s much better than Google or Microsoft, it falls short in a few ways. Primarily, the following:
“By Microsoft: the IP address is retained in its entirety for 6 months. Cookie identifiers and other cross-session identifiers that are used to identify a particular account or device are retained for 18 months.”
So Microsoft captures your data for up to a year and a half. I find this unacceptable. There’s quite a lot more in the policy that is worth reviewing if you’re seriously considering adopting Qwant as a search engine and browser on iOS. I am not at all satisfied with what I’ve read and I’m going to avoid Qwant until I see major improvements to its privacy policy that explicitly prohibit the sharing of identifying data with big American tech companies.
Second issue - why on earth does Qwant need to know our device ID? That is privileged information that is completely irrelevant to the use of a “privacy” search engine.
Third and most pressing issue: the privacy policy itself is not what I would consider reassuring. While it’s much better than Google or Microsoft, it falls short in a few ways. Primarily, the following:
“By Microsoft: the IP address is retained in its entirety for 6 months. Cookie identifiers and other cross-session identifiers that are used to identify a particular account or device are retained for 18 months.”
So Microsoft captures your data for up to a year and a half. I find this unacceptable. There’s quite a lot more in the policy that is worth reviewing if you’re seriously considering adopting Qwant as a search engine and browser on iOS. I am not at all satisfied with what I’ve read and I’m going to avoid Qwant until I see major improvements to its privacy policy that explicitly prohibit the sharing of identifying data with big American tech companies.
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Started forcing AI
Qwant recently disabled the ability to turn off AI responses. This just turns it into the same stupid environmentally wasteful search engine as Google and safari, but hosted in Europe.
Will there be an update?
Long time fan of Qwant, but the app hasn’t seen an update in nearly a year. What’s happening? Has it been abandoned?
Search in retro mode at its very best
Thank you for a product the humans can control, where every nuance of existence is our own and not simply another coin in the coffers of the tech bros.
Using it feels like search before it went stupid- you look up things, you get actual answers- not hyperbole, AI opinion or forced AI banter/ offers to chat more about it.
I'm 50. I use search to ask of a basic query, in hopes of a series of possible matches. As it should be. This feels more organic and useful, less product and sponsored /paid responses and more actual info with links that match, not chosen by who paid more to be ranked.
I'm in the US, and I appreciate your sharing this with us. Thank you for this tiny bit of normalcy💜
Using it feels like search before it went stupid- you look up things, you get actual answers- not hyperbole, AI opinion or forced AI banter/ offers to chat more about it.
I'm 50. I use search to ask of a basic query, in hopes of a series of possible matches. As it should be. This feels more organic and useful, less product and sponsored /paid responses and more actual info with links that match, not chosen by who paid more to be ranked.
I'm in the US, and I appreciate your sharing this with us. Thank you for this tiny bit of normalcy💜
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Brilliant
Excellent search engine. No slower than any other search engine I’ve used. And European - not supporting the crazy man in the White House…
