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What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! (www.ecosia.org)

Ecosia is a search engine that aggregates search results from multiple other search engines. The ad revenue from our searches funds the planting of trees worldwide. With over 200 million trees planted so far, Ecosia have learned to be fully transparent about their projects, and financials which are available right on that...

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I was really skeptical at first, but theyโ€™re legit. Itโ€™s a non-profit thatโ€™s been around since 2009, based in Berlin. Have a look at their blog, youโ€™ll find project updates, the financials are broken down by expenditure and much more. Finally theyโ€™re getting some spotlight with this recent TechCrunch article and their big efforts on Social. What really hooked me in is that they signed a legal contract binding them to the not-for-profit purpose forever - more on this. Edit: about Mr. Oliver (love this guy) he is absolutely correct, but he is referring to for-profit companies that pollute and then plant some trees to pretend like they give a damn. Ecosia is a not-for-profit whose purpose is to plant with a purpose, meaning they reconnect forest patches that have been split, they return livelihood and wildlife to areas that have gone through droughts and seen increased poverty etcโ€ฆ

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Huh? Not that I know of. Theyโ€™re going strong, taking on more projects around the world and are pretty transparent about what they do - they had an article about how / why one of their projects failed which i read but canโ€™t find right now.

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They partner with multiple search providers, not just MS. And yes ad-blockers, but Iโ€™ve disabled it for ecosia.org

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OK posting here to address the skepticism, which I completely understand and have been through. Here are some articles that came up when simply searching โ€œis ecosia legitโ€: Utopia โ€œEcosia is certainly legit. Itโ€™s above boardโ€, Snopes โ€œEcosia makes money through advertisements on its search engine. While a portion of that money is used to fund the operational costs of the business, about 80% of its surplus revenue is donated to environmental organizations and tree-planting projects around the world.โ€, GoodGoodGood, TechJunkie and thereโ€™s plenty more

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Fair enough. I was using Google + uBlock Origin. I tolerate the ads now on Ecosia and I actually click them when itโ€™s what I was searching for.

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Theyโ€™re a non-profit, they plant trees, and theyโ€™re carbon negative. So what are they green-washing?

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No such assumption is made. Ecosia is clear when an entire project fails, and takes into account tree survival rates when they claim to have planted over 200 million trees. Itโ€™s all clarified on their website. Regardless of all of that, they take all ad-revenue to reforest and Iโ€™d say thatโ€™s a better deal than Google or MS.

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I never used Prime Video, and I cancelled my Prime subscription in protest against this shit. Never going back.

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100% relatable. Done with these abusive subscriptions.

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Interesting it does not work on Linux or Androidโ€ฆ Didnโ€™t understand why though ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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Videogames when they nap / sleep. I have 2 kids more or less the same ages. The eldest games a little on weekends with me.

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Unsubscribed just because they pulled this move. None of the 3 people i was sharing it with ended up subscribing.

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Remember, Trump moved the whole US embassy to Jerusalem just to give Palestinians the middle finger. www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1I810Z/ You can be sure that a very high majority of US politicians will take the same pro-Israel stand. The reason is simply campaign funding and lobbying. Look at AIPAC

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US politicians are unfortunate hostages to their bigger sponsors / financiers. Most of the players on both sides of the US political spectrum have been funded by israeli or pro-israeli contributors. We call Israel an ally, and thatโ€™s a nice coat of shiny paint to hide the Stockholm syndrome.

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Youโ€™re right about that specific hospital, but itโ€™s not the only one that was involved in the conflict.

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Hey, this looks super interesting though thereโ€™s something i did not fully understand: โ€œFully end-to-end encryption local Signal bridge (local WhatsApp and all e2ee network bridges coming soon)โ€ Does that mean we get send to end encryption for Signal and Whatsapp and more coming later? Iโ€™m assuming i would have to have a WhatsApp account and login through this app to receive Whatsapp messages?

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Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but Iโ€™ve had enough of subscriptions.

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100% agree with you. Growth must not be the goal, maybe a byproduct. Focusing on growth will eventually compromise the quality of our experience.

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โ€œYallโ€ฆโ€. Xitter holier than thou keyboard ninja. Itโ€™s wrong to mock people but OP must feel like a saint.

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No, nothing wrong with the word yโ€™all. Itโ€™s the generalization: โ€œEveryone is bad, and i will set you straightโ€

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All it takes is tougher regulation and enforcement. Just cos some drive erratically, doesnโ€™t mean we ban it for everyone. Same goes for cars

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Good to see that itโ€™s a good 5 years away. GT7 is an incredible game Iโ€™ve spent over 100 hours on so far and havenโ€™t even played online yet.

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I know Polyphony have the rights to Pikes Peakโ€ฆ Not sure why theyโ€™re sleeping on it, itโ€™s a long time weโ€™ve been waiting for it ๐Ÿ™„

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