- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
From September 2023, we will be 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, with your consent, 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.
For a growing number of users we can now provide Google results and advertisements. In order to supply these results and ads, Google requires a cookie to be set on your browser and access to your device’s local storage to store information. We will ask for your consent before doing this and if you do not agree, we will provide non-personalized results from Microsoft Bing.
In order to provide non-personalized Microsoft Bing results and ads, we are contractually obliged to implement Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, as well as sharing your IP address and search terms. This behavioral data is captured in individual search sessions and is not tied to a user profile unless you consent. The processing of this data is necessary for the provision of our service. Although Ecosia does not use this information, it is used by Microsoft Bing for site and advertising optimization, as well as fraud protection. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit Microsoft’s privacy statement and Microsoft Clarity documentation.
Microsoft Bing does also offer personalized search results and ads. This service requires a cookie to be set on your browser which creates a personal profile. We will ask for your consent before enabling this and you can change your choice at any time in your cookie preferences. More information on cookies and how to take control of your preferences can be found in the “What about cookies?” section.
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Up until this moment ecosia was my preferred and most used search engine. No more, sadly.
Someone tell DuckDuckGo to plant trees plz.
You might want to inform yourself whether tree NFTs actually achieve anything useful in the real world.
The questionable privacy policy doesn’t negate the actual work being done. I’m no longer using them, but calling it tree NFTs is misguided
More than I’m capable of being chained to a desk in this economic system we’re all essentially forced into joining, absolutely. I never claimed it was perfect, just that it was my preferred engine.
Find someone else here to judge for giving a non-zero amount of a shit. Also, I just said I’m not using it anymore lol.
For those looking to switch their search provider, try out Kagi: https://kagi.com
Well, fuck the trees then, I guess.
I used it as my primary browser on my laptop/desktop. I supported the cause and through my usage I planted +150 trees, but the trade-off is steepening so I’m going to have to jump ship.
I’ll be pivoting to DuckDuckGo as my main search engine, and use Brave for more nuanced/specific results.
Yeah, I would recommend you ditch brave while you’re at it : link
Good way to lose the customer base.
When it comes to the environment they have no competition. I’m still with them.
Since the comments are full of alternative usecases like ddg and brave search, I just leave this here:
the only right suggestion here.
So this is a search aggregator that searches across the main sites? And they’re hosted by individuals and I can create my own instance if I want?
That’s actually real cool
In concept, it didn’t work that well when I tried it a few months ago, personally.
I’ll join in. Just signed up for the trial of Kagi after seeing an article on here and I’ve already subscribed. I don’t miss google at all and am excited to play with some of the innovating features (lenses look neat).
It’s a paid service and needs login. Well… searXNG looks like to be the opposite.
