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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (25 children)

This is a necessary reminder that Ecosia is a scam:

they don't "plant trees" but rather contribute very little amounts to existing programmes
"Every search plants a tree" is a lie. It's not every search, but rather every couple clicks on an ad
They use Bing results making them useless

If you're using Ecosia with an adblocker or knowingly skip over sponsored results then you are NOT in any way contributing to the tree-planting

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can I ask what search engine you would recommend that is not some kind of misleading or a scam

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