Speed Dial forces Yahoo as default search engine
The add-on switches the default search engine to Yahoo, even after users decline, and blocks them from choosing another engine.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
21 public reports · first reported 3 November 2018 · last reported 18 January 2026
What's going wrong
Speed Dial, a Firefox start-page add-on, is repeatedly reported to change the default search engine to Yahoo during or after install, even when users decline the offer.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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