• danA
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    7 hours ago

    Ecosia still uses American services though - they use Google, Bing, Yahoo and Wikipedia for search results.

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      7 hours ago

      Yeah but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Among other things, they just recently announced that they’re starting to build an alternative index with Qwant.

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        7 hours ago

        I’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.

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        7 hours ago

        Definitely true. I’ll have to try it out. Is Ecosia better than DuckDuckGo or Kagi?

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        6 hours ago

        I’ve never heard of Ecosia, but I don’t understand your logic on this.

        Problem: Google bad!

        Solution: Don’t use google, use Ecosia instead.

        Error: Ecosia also uses google.

        How is this a good move? If anything it’s just a lateral move with the same problem.

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          Eventually they’ll stop using G and MAYBE they have better impact in the climate. Why be a fucking prick about it?

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          5 hours ago

          Same logic for using Brave or some other chromium browser instead of Chrome proper. It is better than using Chrome proper, even if it has cons.

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        Everyone whines because it’s built on bing but it’s fine and respects privacy better than most