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Ecosia mentions (53)

• Concept of Anyfund: Gratitude Funds for Charity

  Another possibility for Anyfund could be to allocate its funds exclusively for charitable purposes. Maybe we could have 100% eco-friendly Anytype merch? Imagine the fascination of observing community-driven charitable endeavors and sustainable initiatives, reflecting our commitment to a nurturing & open future. This could be inspired by the "noble" apps, of which I've personally used Ecosia, where the act of using... Source: 12 months ago

• Why Firefox doesn't launch their own Private search engine ?

  - Ecosia - A search engine that uses 80% of its profits from ad revenue to support tree-planting projects. They publish their finances on a monthly basis - https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-planting-receipts/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Tulsa Earth Day Celebration at the Guthrie Green (Friday-Sunday)

  I literally just copy and pasted this information, but I for one am excited about Earth Day; I look forward to it every year. Also, since we're on this topic, ecosia.org is a search engine that plants trees with the ad revenue they generate (they're a carbon negative company!). Source: about 1 year ago

• Is this censorship or is the site just broken?

  If you go to ecosia.org or qwant.com on any mobile browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.,.) and search for ghandi you also get no results. Its only when the search query ends in ghandi, for example "ghanid date of birth" returns results fine. Source: about 1 year ago

• Microsoft is making it easier to block annoying autoplay videos in Edge

  DDG was caught allowing Microsoft/Bing trackers through a deal with Microsoft, use Startpage or Ecosia instead. Source: about 1 year ago

island mentions (10)

• OnePlus 9 abysmal battery life?

  Facebook is still really common in hispanic countries, what someone can do if they dont use it that often is to run it inside an Island sandbox and disable it when not in use (https://island.oasisfeng.com/). Source: about 1 year ago

• Unused Android phone to monitor a server and remote download

  Check out island for running stuff under different users, it's slick. Source: over 1 year ago

• Running Android Apps "In Jail?"

  Not sure if this fits your exact usecase, but try Island. It (ab)uses the Work Profile feature to isolate apps. Source: over 1 year ago

• Search open source android apps

  When relevant, it would be worth mentioning (or grouping) forks of apps and how they differ. For example, Insular is a fork of Island that is nearly feature identical but has all of the trackers removed. Source: over 1 year ago

• Using personal device for work, how to properly set up work account so device administrator can't wipe my entire device

  If your company doesn't use Microsoft Intune, you can install Island to create a work profile. Android's work profile is great because you can turn off your work apps when you're not working. Source: about 2 years ago