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Jukombe / Plant-trees-with-Google-Ecosia

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Are we sure this actually works? #1

Open MarionMoseby opened 1 week ago

MarionMoseby commented 1 week ago

I am not sure if adding #g to all ecosia search will actually do something for the environment. On the one hand, it devalues ads on ecosia itself, as any user using this extension is basically a bot using ecosia as a proxy for queries.

This also means that, unlike when using google, there are TWO requests, one for ecosia and one for google, which leads to double the carbon being released; finally, I would question if ecosia gets any money at all from extension users, as they cannot show ads if you do not visit your wesbsite

Kind regards, Pablo

Jukombe commented 1 week ago

Thank you for your message. I understand your concerns about the #g feature. The project has been discontinued for months now, but as seen in the screenshot, it once claimed to work by adding #g to queries. Like you, I’m now unsure if it was effective or aligned with its goals.

Best regards

MarionMoseby commented 1 week ago

Dear @Jukombe,

thanks for your response! I respectfully opened a PR to incorporate your comment to the project's README.

I would also suggest that the extension be taken down from AMO.

Kind regards, Pablo