<![CDATA[[Duplicated]Can't choose Ecosia as default search engine]]>After switching to Opera from Firefox and Chrome, I was disappointed to find that not only is there no extension in the Opera Add-Ons Store for Ecosia, you cannot set default search engines from third-party websites! You'd better like the default options. Who are you, Safari? Why has this issue not been fixed? I would love an answer.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/88184/duplicated-can-t-choose-ecosia-as-default-search-engineRSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 05:59:10 GMTSun, 01 Mar 2026 20:43:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Duplicated]Can't choose Ecosia as default search engine on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:23:53 GMT]]>@MikeOShay Back on when it was implemented, they said it was for security reasons.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/401449https://forums.opera.com/post/401449Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:23:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Duplicated]Can't choose Ecosia as default search engine on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:56:28 GMT]]>@leocg Have the devs ever given a clear reason for this? Isn't this forum the intended place for people to give feedback and suggest changes/features?

There are dozens of threads requesting this, going back more than a decade, usually closed without any consideration or comment. Other browsers allow full customizability for default search engines, and "type a prefix every time you search" is so inconvenient that I'm considering uninstalling OGX and moving to something else.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/401448https://forums.opera.com/post/401448Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:56:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Duplicated]Can't choose Ecosia as default search engine on Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:51:04 GMT]]>@sapp-hire There is nothing to be fixed, they decided a long ago that only pre-defined search engines can be set as default one.

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