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It's strange to me that one of the most popular requests on Mozilla Connect is Startpage as a default search engine, but Mozilla opted for Ecosia.
I have nothing against Ecosia in theory, but it's notable that the company will only plant trees based on clicked advertisements, and the privacy policy isn't quite as great as Mozilla has suggested in its promotional material.
Maybe Mozilla should try harder to also recruit Startpage. More options for users and more money for Mozilla.
It is also noteworthy that Ecosia has been hosted on Amazon and Cloudflare. Any intentional reference due to the trees being planted in the Amazon Rainforest? https://hosting-checker.net/websites/www.ecosia.org
Meanwhile Startpage appears to be hosted at Surfboard Holding BV in the Netherlands. https://hosting-checker.net/websites/www.startpage.com
For privacy you will want to make sure you feel comfortable also putting your trust in these other companies. https://www.ghostery.com/whotracksme/tracking-reach
Amazon: Rank #2
Cloudflare: Rank #3
Surfboard Holding BV: Not in the top 100 trackers listed
It's probably as simple as Ecosia pays more than Startpage was willing to. Firefox has been bleeding money and it's a little frightening to see what was the open source browser struggle to right the ship.
nice I can scroll like a person now