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.

  • asudox
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    10 days ago

    Privacy? Ecosia literally forwards your information to Bing. They’re also behind Cloudflare.

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      10 days ago

      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.

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        10 days ago

        Yeah, Qwant. Their own index plus bing. Information is still sent to Bing, plus Qwant.