[Annie_M]

After reading this article here on iMore: "Apple privacy exec asked why Google remains its default search engine", and then "You Can Now Help Save The Planet", I am curious to learn more about the Ecosia search engine.

Have any of you used it regularly, and if so, what are your thoughts about it.

[Ledsteplin]

I've been checking it out. Looks good so far. I think I like it better than DuckDuckGo. I'll give it more time, before I consider making it my default.

[Dgray2712]

I’ve never even heard of it until now. I will look at it though.

[Just_Me_D]

I’ve never even heard of it until now. I will look at it though.

Same here. I’ll check it out at some point. Right now, DuckDuckGo remains my search engine of choice.

[JandN2639]

Yes. My main issue with it is that it only offers a single page of results.

[Ed7789]

My main search engines are DuckDuckGo (personal) and Bing (Professional).

I did switch it out on my laptop. I will try it out for the next month, and I will check back in on the 28^th of February.

[dmoskaluk]

I'll give it a whirl over the next few weeks. Lots of home-time as we lock down again from 3 Feb.

[Annie_M]

I’m going to check it out on my iPad as well!

[dmoskaluk]

I’m going to check it out on my iPad as well!

I put it on both iPhone & iPad. Not quite ready to set is as default but let's see!!

[Just_Me_D]

I was briefly looking over their privacy policy and decided to poke with it.

“We don’t store your searches permanently”
--Okay. Well how long do you store it?


“We don’t create personal profiles of you based on your search history.”
--Okay, so what do you create personal profiles based on?


“We actually anonymize all searches within one week.”
--So is it safe to assume the searches are NOT anonymous prior to one week?


“We don’t sell your data to advertisers”
—Okay, but what about non-advertisers, government entities, etcetera? Do you sell the data to them?

[dmoskaluk]

Is there a search engine that does not at least 'dip a toe' into some or all of those behaviour albeit in a limited way..If so, how do they survive?

[Just_Me_D]

Is there a search engine that does not at least 'dip a toe' into some or all of those behaviour albeit in a limited way..If so, how do they survive?

I’m sure they all dip a toe here and there. I just get a kick out of how they try to tell you what your concerns are or what they should be and then word their privacy policy accordingly.

[dmoskaluk]

In a world where even 'the lawyers have lawyers' really nothing at all is a surprise!!

[dmoskaluk]

They do have a widget available- so seem to wish to make a go of this.