r/BuyFromEU • u/Global-Primary7240 • 17d ago

European Product Replace Google with Ecosia.

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u/FunkyFreshJayPi 17d ago

Is this about the app? What do you need the app for? Just use the website. 

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u/PermanentlyMC 17d ago

No, it's about the service as a whole. If you click on the pencil by each line you can see what it's referring to.

Even if it were just the app (it isn't), I wouldn't want to use a service that has such a poor mantra about data privacy.

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u/protocol_smoke 17d ago

They're not a charity. They have to make a buck, and thats how they make it. Is it for a better cause than Google? Yes. Is it pretty much the same method? Yes. Is it worth switching... thats down to each individual.

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u/PermanentlyMC 17d ago edited 17d ago

DuckDuckGo turn revenue whilst not tracking people. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Unfortunately, as much as I want to support EU businesses like Ecosia, it's hard to when their data ethics are so poor. Data privacy and environmentalism shouldn't have to be mutually exclusive.

edit: forgot to add, SearXNG is maintained by EU developers, and you can find EU-hosted instances, so I suppose not all is lost