I just learnt about the search engine Ecosia which claims to use its advertising revenue to plant trees. I was going through their website and they seem legitimate on the surface but I wanted to check if its bs or not before using it.
I just learnt about the search engine Ecosia which claims to use its advertising revenue to plant trees. I was going through their website and they seem legitimate on the surface but I wanted to check if its bs or not before using it.
Privacy? Ecosia literally forwards your information to Bing. They’re also behind Cloudflare.
So we’re running out of reasons to use it. Personally I find the “planting trees” USP to be a potentially risky gimmick for the reason outlined above, but that is just my perspective.
Didn’t they just sign a deal with a European privacy company?
Yeah, Qwant. Their own index plus bing. Information is still sent to Bing, plus Qwant.