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by blinzy 2051 days ago
That also happens to me if I disable javascript (and therefore get their Qwant Lite page).

However, it works if you use a non-English language:

https://lite.qwant.com/?l=de&q=foobar

https://lite.qwant.com/?l=en&q=foobar <-- this won't work (or omitting l=en)

https://lite.qwant.com/?l=es&q=foobar

https://lite.qwant.com/?l=fr&q=foobar

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But why does one have to resort to hacks like this? I want the English version to work. Obviously Qwant have to iron this out, but I've waited months and they haven't even fixed it. It's a huge bug. It's like they just abandoned the project.
Oh I definitely agree with you, I just found that workaround above because I was really frustrated as I don't see any advantage to having javascript enabled on my searches and was used to not needing it in Google, Duckduckgo, Ecosia, and other search engines...