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How do they get money? Do they use my data ? Or do they put sponsored links? I don't want either
It's in the article; Ecosia throws money at moz://a and they put Ecosia as one of the search engines.
This means you can click it from a list of icons under your search bar.
No data selling nor snooping involved.
My question was how does Ecosia make money?
Sponsored links. They do attempt to maximize privacy and the money generated goes to support environment restoration, but if you draw the line at any money being made that probably doesn't help you.
Adds in their search, i think they are a non-profit company, as they use this money to plant trees