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.
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.
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.