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minus-squareSingletona082linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months ago Qwant First I’ve heard of Quant. Got any more information? What engine it’s a front end to, who’s backing it, etc?
minus-square@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•2 months agoI believe it’s Fr€nch - servers are European based. Beyond that I know nothing.
minus-square@Buffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-22 months agoIt’s independent, and operating from France, so it’s directly under EU regulation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant https://www.qwant.com/
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭OPlinkfedilink0•2 months agoI guess being free is a big selling point.
minus-square@LandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoYeah but I’m immediately skeptical of anything that’s “free“
minus-square@LandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoYeah but I understand how it works due to its being open source and there is no central company involved/T&C where they get access to anything. Skeptical doesn’t mean blind mistrust of all things free. It just means I start from a place of skepticism until I’m convinced otherwise.
First I’ve heard of Quant. Got any more information? What engine it’s a front end to, who’s backing it, etc?
I believe it’s Fr€nch - servers are European based. Beyond that I know nothing.
It’s independent, and operating from France, so it’s directly under EU regulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant
https://www.qwant.com/
How does it stack against Kagi
I guess being free is a big selling point.
Yeah but I’m immediately skeptical of anything that’s “free“
Lemmy is free ; )
Yeah but I understand how it works due to its being open source and there is no central company involved/T&C where they get access to anything.
Skeptical doesn’t mean blind mistrust of all things free. It just means I start from a place of skepticism until I’m convinced otherwise.