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Mozilla's New Partnership Adds Ecosia Search Engine as an Option for Everyone (news.itsfoss.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My question was how does Ecosia make money?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Adds in their search, i think they are a non-profit company, as they use this money to plant trees