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minus-square_edge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agoDoes not sound like a scam. The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·10 months agoIt is a scam if you make claims that “every search plants a tree”
minus-squareCuttlefish1111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoHow many trees have you planted?
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIf fruit trees count then around 50, why?
minus-squaregaifux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy would fruit trees ever be excluded from one’s aggregate tree count?
minus-squareLemonLord@endlesstalk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoBut this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoThey removed it recently, probably someone called them out on it. And again, searches have nothing to do with funding the tree-planting, it’s clicking on ads
minus-squareLemonLord@endlesstalk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agohttps://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices
Does not sound like a scam.
The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.
It is a scam if you make claims that “every search plants a tree”
How many trees have you planted?
If fruit trees count then around 50, why?
Why would fruit trees ever be excluded from one’s aggregate tree count?
But this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
They removed it recently, probably someone called them out on it. And again, searches have nothing to do with funding the tree-planting, it’s clicking on ads
https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices