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If you want to make a service with positive environmental impact and positive financials, you have to start somewhere. The place you start is likely to be clos
by gibolt 7y ago
If you want to make a service with positive environmental impact and positive financials, you have to start somewhere.
The place you start is likely to be close to your expertise. In Ecosia's case, it could scale massively and they could replace the search stack with their own as the business grows.
Until a carbon tax is implemented, most businesses trying to have a positive environmental impact will be hard pressed to find financial stability.
- raws 7y agoYeah, it should be mentioned when you select the default search engine. I fear the common consumer will default to Google for lack of better understanding of what the other options provide and those consumers are by far the great majority. At least a door is opened.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoEspecially if they're only going to present four options, they really should allow each company to list a small blurb to go under their title. It's likely Ecosia would vastly increase it's market share if given this option... and largely why I'm not surprised Google isn't offering such a blurb in the screenshot.
- duskwuff 7y ago> The place you start is likely to be close to your expertise. What is their "expertise", though? Being an effective search engine requires expertise in search. If Ecosia is going to outsource that entirely to a third party, like Bing... what does that make them an expert at? Donating to charity?