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• dojan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve heard of Ecosia, but I’ve never heard of how exactly their model works. It sounds to good to be true, so I’ve always written it off as bullshit.

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  • robotica@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ahh yes, the classic “it’s not 100% good, so it’s 100% bad” thinking

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      More like “a company doesn’t do something out of the kindness of their own heart” thinking.

      Maybe they are fantastic, but the idea of a company doing something positive for the world just by me using their product (for free) sounds outlandish.

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  • Octopus1348@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here are their financial reports.

    blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-pla…

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