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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing! I wonder, did you receive much feedback from patrons as part of this change? Or did they not really notice?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Lewis</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Systems Administrator</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Anthony Sims <asims@logancountylibraries.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2026 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sam Lewis <slewis@worthingtonlibraries.org>; OPLINTECH (OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org) <oplintech@lists.oplin.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Default Browsers & Search Engines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi, Sam!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I made our patron-available computers’ default browser Firefox and set the search engine to DDG (even in Chrome) many months ago. I believe both of them are much more secure. I’m still working
on getting the staff to do the same on their computers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"">Anthony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> OPLINTECH <</span><a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sam Lewis via OPLINTECH<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2026 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OPLINTECH (</span><a href="mailto:OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">)
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<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Default Browsers & Search Engines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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External Email<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With Google choosing to fall on its own sword and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/">
fully replace the search box</a> with an AI prompt field, has anyone considered (or moved forward with!) managing the default search engine and/or web browser away from Google and Chrome – for staff and patron computers? Perhaps to
<a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-search-alternatives-no-ai/">alternatives</a> such as DuckDuckGo and Brave?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Google has been the name of the game for search for so long, it is kind of sad to see it turn out this way, as sad as one can be for a multi-trillion-dollar corporation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Sam Lewis</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Systems Administrator</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">www.worthingtonlibraries.org</span></a><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Worthington Libraries | 820 High Street | Worthington, Ohio 43085<br>
P: 614.807.2619 | F: 614.807.2629</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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