Comment 5 for bug 403246

I thought reasons for disliking this choice should have been very clear to people who develop free software, as this is not the case, let me see if I can provide a good explanation.

I consider the blank newtab better than a google custom search, because I did not ask for a custom search anywhere, the returned results are worse than the default google ones in many senses (localization, lack of maps, images, and conversions) and it seems that my new ubuntu is trying to force me to use the custom search.

I would prefer a less invasive system. I do not even know if my requests are received and eventually stored by ubuntu. I am already concerned with my privacy when I search using google. Having an even smaller, and closer to me entity see my searches is making the situation worse and is worrying me about why ubuntu is actually trying to force me to use the custom search.

I may be judged paranoid, but the fact that I did not receive any reply when I asked about reasons for the custom google search (months ago) on the ubuntu-devel mailing list certainly worries me more.

I think the above is short and clear enough, even if the question was probably not directed to me. I raised the issue again on the same mailing list.