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[โ€“] cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] sorenladegaard@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 points 1 day 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.

[โ€“] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

brave has ties to homophobic owners, and peter thiel. i wouldnt be surprised if brave starts incorporating palintr at some point.

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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.

[โ€“] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ecosia is a better balance between experience and independence. Mojeek sadly will be a hit in terms of quality of results.

[โ€“] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 2 points 12 hours ago

I switched from duckduckgo to ecosia based off your graphic :)