good cause websearch/ social media
Posted: Sat 23 Jan, 2021 8:54 amBeen reading in the SMH that Google is threatening to remove their search engine from Australia due Gov planning to force them to pay media companies when they display extracts from articles and link back to the media company.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal ... 56w2h.html
In the comments a number of people were talking about the https://www.ecosia.org/ search engine. It's a social enterprise that uses its revenue to plant trees. They fund the tree planting by users clicking on ads (which are unobtrusive) and also just using the search engine helps as the more people using it the more advertiser's pay to display ads.
They claim to have planted 118 million trees so far
Seems like a reasonable concept and they have good privacy as well.
Anyone else know of similar digital services or social media / maps that help good causes?
I'm more than willing to ditch Google.. even Google maps has become a ad fest.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal ... 56w2h.html
In the comments a number of people were talking about the https://www.ecosia.org/ search engine. It's a social enterprise that uses its revenue to plant trees. They fund the tree planting by users clicking on ads (which are unobtrusive) and also just using the search engine helps as the more people using it the more advertiser's pay to display ads.
They claim to have planted 118 million trees so far
Seems like a reasonable concept and they have good privacy as well.
Anyone else know of similar digital services or social media / maps that help good causes?
I'm more than willing to ditch Google.. even Google maps has become a ad fest.
I can't even pronounce it.. is it eco..sia or ecocia?