I currently use Firefox and DuckDuckGo, but I’m thinking about getting a new browser and search engine. Are there any good recommendations. Privacy-focused is non-negotiable, and i would like it to be open source.
I have heard of Ecosia. How exactly do they work? If they truly do help the environment, like they claim, I may look into that. Is there any evidence? Looking into their privacy policy, it doesn’t seem too optimal.
I’ve been using Ecosia for years and it’s only improved over time. Their commitment to environmental activities is sincere and you can check everything they do through their blog. I think using it is a no brainer.
I somewhat had this opinion as well, but by jumping on the ai hype train they threw this commitment out of the window imo
Edit: sadly I don’t have any real european alternatives (that aren’t just using google or bing results) as the only other one that (partly) uses an eu-based web index is qwant, which is in no small part funded by Axel Springer and iirc a previous ceo went on to create a sourveillance company (which kinda seems fishy)
Ohh, thank you for the info. Do you think it’s still safe to use qwant, then?
to be honest: i have no idea
it could be perfectly safe; it could be very unsafe
because of that i’m currently using startpage
while trying to minimize my web searches by
help()Thank you!