Just came across this alternative to google as a search engine and was wondering if anyone else is using it.
I like the fact they "apparently" dont sell my data to third parties and I particularly like that they use their profits to plant new trees.
is there a catch? Anyone a long time user who can comment?
If there is no downside I might push for my organisation to encourage its use internally.
Can't answer your question re any catches etc. but I know my son uses this when he's doing his homework, think he was told about it at school.
"80% of its surplus income to non-profit conservationist organizations, with a focus on tree planting" according to Wiki. Over 38m trees planted to date.
Money comes from ad revenue, apparently (and there's a donating thing you can do too).
I use DuckDuckGo.
It's really interesting to use that then compare to Google in terms of first page search results, and see just what Google knows about you and your interests.Originally Posted by burnside
I've just tried Ecosia. I like it.
I think I will try it for while.
Prompted by this thread, I tried giving their android app on my 2016 Galaxy A3, but got tired of the This App Has Stopped Working Messages.
Perhaps it's the age of my phone, perhaps it's having Chrome on my phone too, I don't know.
I found the app slow for searching anyway and had ended up only using it for bookmarks.
Startpage is another privacy orientated* search engine. It gives Google search results with complete privacy.
On the subject of privacy, if you're using Chrome, don't even bother.
Multi-account containers for Firefox is an add-on that effectively sandboxes different browser tabs, and isolates website's cookies. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...nt-containers/
* Doesn't it feel good to see 'orientated', rather than 'oriented'?
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