The federal government argues Google has smothered competition by paying companies such as Apple and Verizon to lock in its search engine as the default.
Ecosia is a fucking scam. They claim that “every search plants a tree”, except the monetary contribution towards their “tree-planting” stuff comes from clicking ads – therefore if you are a knowledgeable user who purposefully skips over ads (or just use an ad-blocker) then Ecosia makes exactly $0 off of your traffic.
Ecosia is a fucking scam. They claim that “every search plants a tree”, except the monetary contribution towards their “tree-planting” stuff comes from clicking ads – therefore if you are a knowledgeable user who purposefully skips over ads (or just use an ad-blocker) then Ecosia makes exactly $0 off of your traffic.
That is false as you leaving out the fact the company generates revenue from ads in your search results.
nope, they don’t get paid for merely displaying ads. as per their own blog, ONLY when you click on them.