Been using it for over 10 years. I have loved the transparency reports, and only wish there were other social and environmental programs we could help with an idea like this. You know, other than freerice.
that’s a long time, if you don’t mind, how many trees did you plant?
Not OC, but my primary computer is currently at 79 after a bit over a year of use.
Worth mentioning, that its an german non-profit project. Also it uses Bing’s Search-Engine.
Our Changing Climate did a video on Ecosia [7:28]. Apparently it’s pretty legit.
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Been using this for many many years now. If you think you can’t live without Google, give it a go. VERY rare that I actually need to use another search engine for anything.
I moved to Duck Duck Go a while ago, partly for privacy reasons and partly because Google was becoming very top heavy with ads. It’s still a better search engine so I’ll use it occasionally, but only if DDG is really not getting what I need.
Do you know how good Ecosia is in terms of privacy? If it’s as good as DDG, then sure I’d use it.
I think DDG probably has more privacy features overall if you put them side by side, but Ecosia is certainly good enough for me Ecosia - Privacy
Ddg is not that good for privacy and gives really bad search results, so give Startpage a try
It’s worth noting that the “trees planted” counter is basically an estimate as to how much ad revenue on average is generated from a user based on their number of searches. If you block ads at all, you’re probably not contributing to their revenue at all, thus planting nothing.
I like the idea, but don’t see it as worth sacrificing privacy or allowing ads. Tossing a few bucks every now and then to a charity might be a better option for some.
I was thinking about it because I recalled people using it, and was wondering if it had its own search engine or they were just embedding Google or Bing in their page. Apparently it is the latter.
Gotta love them tree NFTs.
