For those that want to reduce dependence on big US tech, protect their data, & help the plant.

Switch your search engine to ECOSIA

- Berlin based
- Non-profit
- Profits used to plant trees and build solar farms
- Personal data not sold

January 17, 2026 - 05:57 UTC

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But - essentially - it is Bing?
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“French privacy-focused search engine Qwant struck a joint venture with German non-profit search engine Ecosia to develop a European search index. Called European Search Perspective (EUSP), the JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and 33% of German queries by the end of the year”
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Been using Ecosia since the tree count was under 1m. Nothing about it not to like for 99% of normal users. It has been gradually improved over the years and ranks favourably with any other search engine.
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Yep, I’m completely happy with it and not missing Google at all.

Hopefully it gets more visibility and users!
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Is it any good? Pros and cons? Not being difficult, I use Duck Duck Go mostly.
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I downloaded this morning, and still road testing.

It feels a bit more basic vs. Google, but is fine for ‘standard’ searches.

I really love the non-profit/eco approach, so that’s a big draw for me

I’m looking at European web browsers now so may settle on something else in the future
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ECOSIA can be set as the default service engine for iPhones.

Settings -> Safari -> Search Engine -> Ecosia
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And as the default search engine for the Norwegian Vivaldi browser.
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Done.

Thank you.

#boycottUSA
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