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Ecosia plants 200 million trees (blog.ecosia.org)

submitted 9 months ago by PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (25 children)

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 on 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

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Does not sound like a scam.

The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It is a scam if you make claims that "every search plants a tree"

[–] LemonLord@endlesstalk.org -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But this they don't say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They removed it recently, probably someone called them out on it. And again, searches have nothing to do with funding the tree-planting, it's clicking on ads

[–] LemonLord@endlesstalk.org 0 points 9 months ago

https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices

[–] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How many trees have you planted?

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If fruit trees count then around 50, why?

[–] gaifux@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why would fruit trees ever be excluded from one's aggregate tree count?

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 9 months ago

Coz they small

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