My number one reason. Safari won’t let me customize the search engine. If I had that I would use safari all day long.

bonestamp2 a day ago | parent | next [-]

No this one specifically for me, but same idea. I want to use safari, especially for battery life, but there are too many behaviors about Safari that I can't change.

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jooize a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's such a silly limitation. There are extensions, but they're all imperfect hacks.

	▲	infecto a day ago \| parent [-]
		They are annoying hacks too because the common one the search still goes to the chosen default and then the extension hijacks and redirects.

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hughw a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I see 5 choices for search engine in Settings? Are you saying you want one not listed?

	▲	abawany a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		yes, for example they have Ecosia but not Qwant (they are said to share their index but for my searches, I often flip over to Qwant when Ecosia results for the same query are not adequate.) I understand why Safari went with a search engine whitelist but I wish there was a way to make exceptions.
	▲	infecto a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes. The obvious choice for HN is not listed in it. It’s a silly limitation anyway.