719 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15207646, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Mattew, 5 years agoAlso a long time Startpage fan. Its really sad and a big surprise. I did not expect Startpage to take this path. RIP Startpage.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tennis768, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Krowl, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by liz, 5 years agoLongtime fan of Startpage. This is truly concerning and sad. I’ve gotten emotionally so invested in Startpage,often even recommending it to people over DuckDuckGo these days and their anonymous view was also quite a great feature.
Startpage has been around for many many years, I would never have expected this to happen, to be honest. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15399253, 5 years agoStartpage - Take back your privacy by using Startpage.com. High quality search results without ads.
And sold to a ad company by the name System1 ?
Maybe you can consider changing the extension and the promising words? Its pretty misleading for being a "Private Search Engine" without trackers and ads, that now are sold to System1, one of the bigger ad crap companies out there.
A shame really. - Rated 5 out of 5by PrivacyCentric, 5 years agoLove StartPage, allows me to have the best in search results without the tracking. IMO, better than DuckDuckGo, and other alternatives that have partial IP, DNS leakage, etc.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Patty, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15373612, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15355574, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15355572, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15355559, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15355532, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15350127, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by bluejay, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15342327, 6 years agoJust reading about the anonymous view and its explained so good, how the proxy anonymous view makes sites not knowing who you are. This explain can be found on information after clicking anonymous view beside the search result. So now i use this option and it have helped me even when i clicked a website that was suspicious, not what i expected when i opened, but since i use the proxy anonymous i increase my privacy drastic.
Definitly earned my trust! 10 stars if that was possible - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15338492, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15336043, 6 years agoHave used other search engine pages in the past, now on Startpage - couldnt ask for me - privacy (yes, real privacy) and great search results. Thank you so much! From one of the grateful users.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Tim, 6 years agoAdd-on works well. I like using Startpage.com, it's one way to filter a search engine. I put 4 stars because I'd add a way to save settings without a cookie via a web url for preferences on startpage. For example, on the settings page startpage.com offers already. Is there a way to add the weblink feature to this extension? I'd rather run the extension without cookies, if possible; otherwise I'll stick to the bookmarked webaddress I use for Startpage.com
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15331463, 6 years agoSwitched from DDG over to Startpage. Nothing wrong with DDG but Startpage is just better, easier to access pictures in search and overall better search results. I also like the Anonymous View proxy a lot. Based out of the US they have probably the most privacy friendly laws you can ask for.
Just the fact that the permissions for this extension got updated, and now dont even need to access browser tabs, proves Startpage are truly genuine committed to the strong privacy it offers.
Thank you so much! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15330867, 6 years agoGlad you guys removed the "Access all tabs" permission. Now you earned the 5 stars again.
- Rated 5 out of 5by StartPage_Fan, 6 years agoSuperior search product and results over competitors. This product gives me peace of mind all activity stays private behind the scenes. Would recommend this extension to anyone that is wanting to protect their privacy without sacrificing their data, identity etc.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoWe appreciate your feedback.
Thanks for caring about privacy, we are glad to have you as a user. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15312985, 6 years agoThe latest update requires "access to all tabs." I don't care WHAT new functionality you were trying to add or that you're "actively pursuing other options," you should have WAITED until you found another option BEFORE you pushed an update out.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoIMPORTANT UPDATE ON PERMISSION REQUEST REMOVAL
Over the last few days, Startpage has received valuable feedback regarding our recent extension update and valid concerns around our request to view browser tabs. We realize that users understandably would prefer not to allow such permissions. As privacy advocates committed to serving our community, the team made it our highest priority to address this issue.
Effective immediately our extension will no longer request access to browser tabs for existing and new users. See version update here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-privacy-search-engin/versions/
We appreciate all feedback and ask that you continue to openly communicate with us. Please feel free to reach out directly by email at support@startpage.com, by Twitter @StartpageSearch, or on product review sites. We review these daily and look forward to hearing from you.