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Why is duck duck go or google appearing in firefox address bar even though i selected firefox as my default browser

Why is duck duck go or google appearing in firefox address bar even though i selected firefox as my default browser

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Firefox itself is a web browser while the DuckDuckGo.com and Google.com are search engines.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-my-default-search-engines-firefox-android

Mozilla the makers of the Firefox web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile versions for Android and iOS/iPadOS does not have a search engine of their own.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Firefox itself is a web browser while the DuckDuckGo.com and Google.com are search engines.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-my-default-search-engines-firefox-android

Mozilla the makers of the Firefox web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile versions for Android and iOS/iPadOS does not have a search engine of their own.

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