• asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That whole post they didn’t even have one sentence that clearly states what theyre doing. I assume it’s “now we’ll make Ecosia one of the default choices”.

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    4 days ago

    It’s not in Firefox mobile.

    Sure, I could probably find the URLs to add it in at a new custom search engine. But if you’re gonna make such a bombastic announcement, I expect you to have the update ready beforehand.

    Do they not realize that mobile is most Web traffic nowadays?

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      It’s in Mull on Android which is the browser I use the most. It’s basically Firefox but with privacy turned up and no Mozilla telemetry.

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      In that case, Aloha Browser implemented Ecosia eons ago which is a very popular mobile browser among Asians due to its ability to download video like the right-click contextual menus in desktop browsers… however, YouTube is an exception.

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        I’m trying to avoid Chromium clones altogether. I really don’t like the engine quasi-monopoly we have and I don’t want to participate in furthering it.

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          If you’re on desktop, am actually using Zen Browser that’s based on BetterFox (FireFox) with uBlock Origin and Startpage.

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    5 days ago

    Ecosia sounds like a company worth supporting. I wish they’d offer a paid, ad-free plan.

    How does it compare to Kagi, anyone used both?

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      I switched from Kagi to Qwant because they’ll be collabing with Ecosia on their own index. Quality of results is, sadly, worse (uBlacklist helps somewhat), but I don’t want to support Kagi because they’re expanding their partnership with Yandex and funneling money to Kremlin.

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          They pay for access to yandex’s indexes to help provide their search product. Whether you consider that “funneling money to the Kremlin” or not is up to you.

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      Kagi seems like a circus. Search quality? It’s interesting. Worth supporting? Up to you, but know that your money will still go to actual search result providers first, and what’s left goes to people who care more about shirts than privacy.

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        Quality is pretty good though. Have been using it for about a year. I’d like to find a non-profit search and pay for that instead though. Ecosia comes close in some regards but I don’t see an ad-free option.

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        I like my Kagi t-shirt, except the sizes are deceptive. I’m a chubby fuck but I fit comfortably in a US XL tee. I ordered an XL for Kagi. This shit is like a size smaller; “form fitting” if you will. I wasn’t planning on showcasing my moobs but I guess we are doing that now.

        I like the search engine though. Been using it for a bit over a year. No real complaints; maybe a bit expensive, I guess.

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    “OMG this is crazy but in light of the looming Google antitrust stuff did y’all realize there are other browsers out there??”

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          Idk, on one hand I get what you mean. On the other hand, Firefox going away or being monetized in more aggressive ways will not be a good thing.

          Honestly, I think I would prefer the lawsuit never happened and Google kept paying Firefox. Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head for enshitification. And if google wins, it sets terrible precedent :(

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            As long as we’re making wish lists, I wish Mozilla beat Proton to the punch in making profitable, privacy-focused products. I’m willing to pay for privacy-friendly services (and I do pay for email), and that could go toward funding browser development.

            But no, they’ll flirt with it with whitelabel VPN and whatnot, but they won’t commit.

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    Here’s a suggestion that would show they care about their users and making the web a better place:

    Give users the option to download firefox with adblockers pre-installed. Literally put them right next to the “normal” browser download and see which gets more hits.

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      because adblockers often lead to websites not working which would lead to non techie people complaining about firefox.

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        Not really.

        Replace “often” with “exceedingly rarely” and you’d be more accurate, but then you can just be describing websites that don’t work properly in general.