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  • LWD@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    It’s strange to me that one of the most popular requests on Mozilla Connect is Startpage as a default search engine, but Mozilla opted for Ecosia.

    I have nothing against Ecosia in theory, but it’s notable that the company will only plant trees based on clicked advertisements, and the privacy policy isn’t quite as great as Mozilla has suggested in its promotional material.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      It’s probably as simple as Ecosia pays more than Startpage was willing to. Firefox has been bleeding money and it’s a little frightening to see what was the open source browser struggle to right the ship.