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Your guide to finding a new Search Engine service and supporting European companies! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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[โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I changed to Ecosia when I last saw this chart. It's working really well and is my main search engine across all my devices now.

But now I'm considering moving to Mojeek if that's better for privacy.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ecosia is based in the EU and it's working together with Qwant to build an European index. But Ecosia's mission is planting trees, and in order to do that they need revenue, which comes from targeted advertising.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    @Scrollone @cRazi_man But I think itโ€™s contextual advertising. If you search for โ€œlawnmowerโ€ you get lawnmower ads.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I want to support an EU company and the eco mission, but I also want privacy. I used to use Brave but I want to move away from that and still avoid leaking my data to Google.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think the difference between "targeted" and "contextual" is an important one to make re: privacy. "Targeted" means they're tracking you and using your characteristics to customize the ads; "contextual" means they're just showing ads related to the search term.

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