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      #Qwant as default search engine: here's what to do if it's unavailable in your country

      Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Saturday, 1 May, 2021 - 15:55 edit

    If the French service Qwant.com is set as the #search provider in your web #browser (Firefox, Iridium...), it may occur that it shows a message telling it's not "available" in your region. This can happen if you're using TOR, a VPN, or for other reasons.

    To circumvent this, you may :

    1. Go to the search bar (CTRL + L), edit qwant.com as ddg.gg and hit Enter, you'll go to #DuckDuckGo with the same request.
    2. Or for the next searches, write as following into the search bar: !ddg my keywords to perform the same search throught Duck Duck Go, instead of your original #request my keywords

    If it happens too often, change the default search engine.