Waterfox 6.5.10: Bing terminates search syndication deal (www.waterfox.net)
from Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to technology@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 16:59
https://kbin.melroy.org/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1013685

Bing has terminated all of its search syndication and API services, and will likely be removed completely in a future version. As it is a struggle to monetise Waterfox Private Search with an ad-supported free version, it’s unlikely it will ever be default and instead will be a subscription-only based service.

The default search engine has been changed to Startpage.

#bing #firefox #microsoft #technology #waterfox

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Brewchin@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 17:49 collapse

Oh no… anyone know what this means for DuckDuckGo?

sramder@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 19:09 next collapse

That almost amazingly, it will get worse.

cosmo@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 19:25 next collapse

A quick search tells me that DuckDuckGo and other larger partners will retain access, for now.

Brewchin@lemmy.world on 25 Jun 00:20 collapse

Thanks for checking and the update.

BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 21:44 collapse

I’d imagine their search results will get slightly better.

I’m not entirely joking because Bing is that terrible.