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[โ€“] hoagecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Qwant has been blocking access from countries that have non-European languages โ€‹โ€‹as their official language since around 2020.
It is still not available in Japan and other countries.

The search engine that respects your privacyThanks for your visitUnfortunately we are not yet available in your country.Would you like to know more about our actions?

Xใƒฆใƒผใ‚ถใƒผใฎQwantใ•ใ‚“: ใ€ŒSome of you have reported difficulties using Qwant in several countries around the world. It is a difficult decision but we have decided to close access to our services in certain countries where we donโ€™t believe to provide the expected quality of service. Our apologies for this.ใ€ / X

I recommend using Stract and Mojeek, which builds its own index independently without relying on Bing or similar services.

EDIT: Add mojeek.

[โ€“] laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

What about Mojeek?