Google is a thing of history... And as a result we have competing platforms who put privacy over advertisers and ecosystem over politics.
One such competitor is Ecosia.
Steve you might find this search engine to be your preferred choice...
More about Ecosia,
https://info.ecosia.org/aboutPrivacy,
WE DON’T STORE YOUR SEARCHES PERMANENTLY
We don’t create personal profiles of you based on your search history. We actually anonymize all searches within one week.
WE DON’T SELL YOUR DATA TO ADVERTISERS
Many web services collect user data in order to sell it without asking your permission. We don’t sell your data or your searches to advertising companies.
YOUR SEARCHES ARE ENCRYPTED
We protect your searches from potential eavesdroppers with a securely encrypted connection. This way we make sure that nobody between you and us can see your searches.
WE DON’T USE EXTERNAL TRACKING TOOLS
Most websites use external tracking tools, like Google Analytics, to optimize their services. We don’t use such third party trackers, in order to prevent others from accessing your searches.
YOU CAN TURN OFF ALL OUR TRACKING
We only collect a small amount of data to be able to improve our services. If you want to opt out of tracking, you can activate “Do Not Track” in your browser’s settings.
https://www.ecosia.org/Thanks Eric…
Ecosia:
Ecosia is renowned for planting trees. It donates all of its charitable contributions to tree planting charities that work to plant trees, mostly in South America, Africa and Indonesia, where the cost of planting trees is lower. Ecosia has been in business for over 10 years and, in that time, it has planted over 130 million trees! (Assuming each tree makes it to maturity, each tree can remove around 50 kg of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over a 15 year period.) It is important to note that the tree-planting projects that Ecosia support also help to give paid work to local villagers and farmers in the world’s poorest places, thereby helping to lift them out of extreme poverty.
Note; included is a photo by opening this thread. 134 million trees planted!!
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