Anyone try using the Ecosia search engine, are they legitimate in their cause? (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

Yes I have! And no idea if they are. Their search is just better than google, and doesn't freeze like yahoo, isn't Russian like yandex, isn't a privacy nightmare and lying about it like duckduckgo, isn't chinese like baidu, isn't bloated like bing, and isn't slow af like searx

Most of those search engines just mentioned are just bing with a wrapper tho

[-] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 day ago

Duckduckgo is lying? How so?

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

They're not nearly as private as they say, but that's big tech in general

[-] Twoafros@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks. I've only used for the second today but so far it's pretty good so far

this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024

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