We’re teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index
blog.ecosia.org

For the people who have not yet decided on a search engine. The most EU way you can go is Ecosia or Qwant as they are building their own search index.

Ecosia is my personal pick as its also aimed at planting trees and they have quite a good browser alongside it.

  • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    19 hours ago

    Ecosia works well enough for me too. The tree planting thing should never be forgotten. The scope of their work is impressive and they’re very transparent about their goals and funding. No other search engine comes close to that.

    • Comptero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      114·
      12 hours ago

      The tree planting sounds so much like greenwashing and an excuse to serve ads

      • Teppichbrand@feddit.orgEnglish
        10·
        11 hours ago

        I listened to a podcast a couple years ago. The founder talked about how he made sure that Ecosia can not be sold and monetized, he himself is not making much money from it. My english is not good enough to explain it in more detail. :)
        I see greenwashing everywhere, but as far as I can tell from the podcast and their YouTube, this is legit.

      • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        12 hours ago

        200 million trees. Far from greenwashing.

        Folks, critical thinking is more important than ever these days. Making conclusions based on a brain fart - when we have the internet at our fingertips - is partly why the world is the way it is.