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@firefox part 3 Similarly ecosia as the default browser of firefox with a clear message on startup that ecosia plants trees when you use its search engine and giving a op (hachyderm.io)

submitted 2 years ago by circarbose543@hachyderm.io to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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@firefox part 3 Similarly ecosia as the default browser of firefox with a clear message on startup that ecosia plants trees when you use its search engine and giving a option to use google in the first page itself to whoever wants to use google so that people don't change the browser itself.

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[–] TWeaK@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Use our service because we plant trees!" is really just marketing bullshit. They're not saving the environment, they're running a monoculture tree farm which creates long term profit.

Saying that though I switched to Ecosia from DDG because it just formats the results better imo. It would be nice if Firefox at least included it in the default search engine list so you didn't have to hunt around to add it.

[–] zksmk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They’re not saving the environment, they’re running a monoculture tree farm

Nope.

https://blog.ecosia.org/everyone-getting-tree-planting-wrong/

https://www.ecosia.org/#our_tree_planting_approach

https://blog.ecosia.org/where-why-how-does-ecosia-plant-trees/

https://ecosia.co/finreportsen

Instead of monocultures, we grow over 500 different native species where they are needed most. Always shoulder-to-shoulder with local communities.

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's a pleasant surprise. I'll still hold a little cynacism out of caution, but it sounds much better than most.

[–] circarbose543@hachyderm.io 2 points 2 years ago

@TWeaK maybe. But from all the updates they give and videos they post on youtube, it seems that they plant native hardy trees especially those that help local communities. Would like it if someone from near their plantation site can confirm.