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Generally speaking, I’ve noticed that, for inexperienced users and beginners, the settings pages/windows/tabs for many web browsers aren’t very… friendly. They’re designed mostly for advanced users and users who are already accustomed to their design/layout.
The one exception to this would be Safari, which is designed to be far more accessible, but most advanced users dislike using it for this reason (and a few other novel UX decisions).
The obfuscation of default search engine is predatory is more of what I'm getting at
Also no, setting page is not for advanced users, about:config is
I mean Firefox is mostly funded by a deal with Google to have them as the default engine. I don't like it but I understand why it is the way it is.
Yep its a sorry state of affairs and ass backwards way to circumvent anti trust laws.
Yeah, I agree with you re: obfuscation of changing the default search engine. That’s crappy.
I was speaking in a general sense of FF’s and most popular browsers' settings pages’/panels’ UX design, not trying to impugn your own ability to find the setting. Apologies if it came off that way.