• noodlejetski@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Custom search engines are limited to PC browsers only. Unfortunately, the mobile versions of these browsers will not let you set up a custom search, so you’re stuck tapping on the Web view in all your mobile search queries.

    someone hasn’t heard of Firefox on Android.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, it works on Firefox Android and Ios. So, that article is not 100% correct

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      2 months ago

      At least in the EU, you xan easily change search engines on chrome on android.

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        2 months ago

        can you set a custom URL, which is required to do what the article is talking about, or do you just pick from the predefined list of search engines?

        edit: just checked and nope, you can only pick from Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Ecosia.

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          You have to visit a different search engine. And while the tab is open it appears in the list of selectable search engines. At least that is how I set up searxng as my default se.