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recommended search engine? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by 8bitretro@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've seen a lot of discourse over which browsers we use and I myself have made the switch from brave to firefox. I still use brave as my search engine though, so... which do yall recommend? Is brave's engine necessarily bad to use? I personally like its ui/theme.

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[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Do you run an adblocker?

edit: because if you do, then your searches don't contribute towards the tree planting

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I block trackers but I do still get ads on Ecosia

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ever click on them?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep! (If it's relevant to my search)

They don't get ad money otherwise (I assume that's what you were getting at right?)

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

I was, yeah