The switch towards total independence is therefore gradual, and this is indeed the direction taken by Qwant, difficult to see from an outside eye!

If it’s difficult to see, then they should be more transparent.
Instead, the last mention of using Bing is from this article, and they refuse to answer how independent they are now.

Fuck, I stopped using Qwant years ago because of this! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, I was convinced of that too. I wish I remembered where I read that.