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EU Search engine incoming: Ecosia is teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index (blog.ecosia.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
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For the people who have not yet decided on a search engine. The most EU way you can go is Ecosia or Qwant as they are building their own search index.

Ecosia is my personal pick as its also aimed at planting trees and they have quite a good browser alongside it.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The tree planting sounds so much like greenwashing and an excuse to serve ads

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    200 million trees. Far from greenwashing.

    Folks, critical thinking is more important than ever these days. Making conclusions based on a brain fart - when we have the internet at our fingertips - is partly why the world is the way it is.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    I listened to a podcast a couple years ago. The founder talked about how he made sure that Ecosia can not be sold and monetized, he himself is not making much money from it. My english is not good enough to explain it in more detail. :)
    I see greenwashing everywhere, but as far as I can tell from the podcast and their YouTube, this is legit.

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