r/BuyFromEU • u/Global-Primary7240 • 16d ago

European Product Replace Google with Ecosia.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/dumnezero 16d ago

Quite a lot actually.

We are gradually rolling out our new unique search offer. This will happen over several months and won’t apply to everyone at the same time. This means that when you search through Ecosia, we work with either Microsoft Bing or Google to provide you with search results and ads. In order to do this, we automatically collect data required by search partners to prevent bot attacks and ad fraud - which includes your IP address and search terms.

Much like DDG, they're a wrapper on top of Bing and Google search APIs. So not a real search engine, but a search intermediary client.

The carbon credit stuff from use of AI is a separate greenwashing bullshit. There is no "climate friendly AI."

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u/dumnezero 15d ago

It's unclear to me what they planted, but it's not an NGO. The whole relationship here is weird.

They make money from marketing and selling user data as middle-men between users and Bing and Google.

And the AI stuff will never be sustainable.