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Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web

blog.mozilla.org Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blog

Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. I

Illustration of overlapping browser windows with Ecosia's logo, a tree graphic, Firefox's logo, and the text "Together for a better web," alongside a search bar with a green cursor.

Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. In that spirit, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Ecosia, a search engine that prioritizes sustainability, and social impact.

Did you know you could choose the search engine of your choice right from your Firefox URL bar? Whether you prioritize privacy, climate protection, or simply want a search experience tailored to your preferences, we’ve got you covered.

Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns. Every search made through the search engine contributes to tree-planting projects worldwide, helping to combat deforestation and regenerate the planet. Ecosia planted over 215 million trees, across the planet biodiversity hotspots, making a tangible difference in the fight against climate change. Just like Mozilla, they are committed to creating a better internet, and world, for everyone.

Together, Mozilla, Firefox and Ecosia are contributing to a web that is more open and inclusive, but above all — one where you can make an informed choice about what tech you use and why. Your tech choices make a difference.

As Firefox and Mozilla continue to champion user empowerment and innovation, we invite you to join us in shaping a web that makes the world better. Together, let’s make a positive impact — one search at a time.

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Whether you prioritize privacy*, climate protection, or simply want a search experience tailored to your preferences, we’ve got you covered.

Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns...

Together, Mozilla, Firefox and Ecosia are contributing to a web that is more open and inclusive, but above all — one where you can make an informed choice about what tech you use and why. Your tech choices make a difference.

Someone should tell Mozilla about the AI-sized environmental concern in their browser?

* ETA: Ecosia doesn't mention privacy as a feature anywhere on its homepage. (I'm not counting the link to its unimpressive privacy policy.) They call themselves "Google, but greener", and I believe them.

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- In that sentence, they're not referring to Ecosia specifically. Rather, they're implying that you can choose a search engine which aligns to that value. A little weird to include it with no examples, in a post specifically about Ecosia, but I believe that's the intent.
  
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  To wit, the very next sentence sure does seem to say that Ecosia is private.
  
  Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns.
  
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- Someone should tell Mozilla about the AI-sized environmental concern in their browser?
  
  It's called offset /s
  
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Mozilla is on a great tear. Layoffs, pointless rebrand, and now a shit privacy greenwashing search engine partnership. I'm so excited for the future of Firefox.

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- Aren't we all?! /s
  
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  Indeed.
  
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- I'm waiting for Ladybug
  
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  I'm waiting for Netscape
  
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  I've been following Ladybird as well, and hope it comes to fruition. Without it we're kinda fucked.
  
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  I think there is suppose to be a an alpha coming this summer.
  
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- Which pointless rebrand? I actually like "moz://a".
  
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  Yea, but they changed to a weird flag thing (?) and a boring font logo:
  
  At least they got this guy:
  
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So... what does this partnership actually mean? Will Ecosia be the default search engine once the deal with Google ends?

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Ecosia, the "green" search engine with AI chat. Perfect match for Firefox, the browser ever more integrated with AI technology.

I've just given up on Mozilla, using Cromite after a decade of Firefox/Fennec on desktop and mobile had been such an upgrade.

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- Id still trust/prefer a firefox based browser than something chromium based. Their are a lot of good firefox forks out their and it helps make googles stranglehold of web standards slower. I wish u luck one manifest v2 gets killed (ik its still supported for some forks of chromium but how long is that gonna last?)
  
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  What do you mean by trusting? I trust Mozilla to increase the executives wages at the cost of everybody in the organisation. I trust that they'll incorporate more and more features I find unwanted. Privacy-wise I haven't trusted Mozilla since telemetry was opt-out. Security wise I haven't trusted any browser for decades.
  
  Each to their own, I hope you're happy with your setup.
  
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  There* are a lot
  
  I wish (yo)u luck when*
  
  ik it’s* still supported
  
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- "Ecosia Chat is powered by OpenAI"
  
  ffs
  
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- What exactly is the issue you have with Mozillas AI efforts? They use the technology in a private and sensible way as far as I can tell. Maybe I missed something they did.
  
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  You missed their AI sidebar feature, which only feeds your data to corporations by default. Or their Orbit extension, which ditto. (The latter also points to the Mozilla FakeSpot privacy policy, which is clear about selling your browsing and location data to advertisers. No, I'm not joking. It's not clear whether Orbit is FakeSpot adjacent...)
  
  Fakespot itself is an AI powered Mozilla subsidiary that has a history dabbling with NFTs.
  
  Mozilla has even dumped money into Hugging Face (a company that's been given hundreds of millions from other corpos like Salesforce and Nvidia).
  
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- Even the worst default browser on the worst cheap China phone from the worst grey market is an upgrade to mobile Firefox. This is just a dumpster fire since release and Mozilla never cared about it even one single bit. You cannot even set a homepage in this junkware excuse for a browser.
  
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Oh great, shitty bing search results with tree NFTs.

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- oh no, don't take away Google results that fill the entire screen with ads and irrelevant bullshit that relies my stolen data before my actual search terms!
  
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  Ecosia being any better in this regard would be news to me. They also rely on ads for funding.
  
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- As if Google's results haven't been getting worse
  
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  Oh they've been getting worse for sure but Bing is still worse. I've used the Bing index via DuckDuckGo for years and it's quite bad.
  
  I now use Kagi which uses both Google and Bing indices (among others) and it's much better and I think most of that is because the Google index is used.
  
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Wouldn't this upset Google? (who is the biggest revenue source for Mozilla)

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- Mozilla will probably lose (part of or all of, it's not clear yet) Google's funding following their monopoly case, so it's probably best for them to look for other revenue sources.
  
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  They could also stop all this nonsense crap projects they sink money in without any real benefit, and focus mainly on the browser. This would give the browser likely 500% more funding than it has right now.
  
  Have one product, but make it a perfect product.
  
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  Oh, that's bad. Ecosia won't even give them a fraction of the revenue google does... I've no idea how they're going to continue going on...
  
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Love how the curmudgeons can turn even this into negative news. Sigh.

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I’ve been using ecosia for a few months now after ditching duck duck go after long long time .

It’s shit.

I tend to use GPT when I want to find anything.

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- What is the point of it?
  
  If you are looking for a DDG alternative Searxng looks pretty good
  
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- Ist it just Google or Bing user selectable?
  
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- That's wild!
  
  Do you get consistently good and accurate website results with GPT?
  
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  Consistently good and verifiable. Accuracy is good but not perfect.
  
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