But they are pretty clear about that. Also, how is that worse than Google or bing? It’s not a dream sure, but its a lot better than your money going to Google
Comment on Ecosia plants 200 million trees
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
This is a necessary reminder that Ecosia is a scam:
- they don’t “plant trees” but rather contribute very little amounts to existing programmes
- "Every search plants a tree" is a lie. It’s not every search, but rather every couple clicks in an ad
- They use Bing results making them useless
If you’re using Ecosia with an adblocker or knowingly skip over sponsored results then you are NOT in any way contributing to the tree-planting
joelimgu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
they are not “clear about that”. I can see they removed it now but for the longest time the main page had a banner saying “every search plants a tree” and also an actual counter which went up by one every time you made a search – which was misleading, because it wasn’t every “search”, because you would have to click on an ad, and it wasn’t “every”, because it took several clicks on an ad to actually contribute an equivalent of a tree
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many trees did you plant?
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Does not sound like a scam.
The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
It is a scam if you make claims that “every search plants a tree”
LemonLord@endlesstalk.org 1 year ago
But this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many trees have you planted?
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
If fruit trees count then around 50, why?
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’d rather ‘little contribution’ than none at all. I’d rather ‘every couple of clicks’ than none at all. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than the major alternatives.
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
clicks on ads
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’ve helped humanity so much more, so let’s shot on them.
Sniatch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can I ask what search engine you would recommend that is not some kind of misleading or a scam
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
Qwant?
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What have you done?
vodkasolution@feddit.it 1 year ago
I think your second and third point are well known or at least easily conceivable, but where did you get your first point from? Plain curiosity
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 year ago
their own blog
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many have you planted?
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s your contribution?
Star@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Pick a lane. It can’t be both. Either they donate to local initiatives or global ones. Pick one.
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think local initiatives around the world would mean initiatives around the world which are specifically local, rather than large, multinational planting organisations.