Germany's Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine, said on Thursday it has submitted a proposal to assume a 10-year stewardship of Google Chrome - Lemmy.World
No matter how good the initial intentions, I feel like web browser development and web search under control of one single company is just too much concentration of power over the access to information to be a good thing.
You’re focusing on their use of AI No, I’m focusing on the hypocrisy of calling it green. A lot of other people are focusing on the AI tech though. They’re a non-profit company that gives 100% of their profits That’s not how non-profit profits work. 100% of the surplus might be invested in green causes but that’s after operating costs, salaries and a plethora of minor expense posts are handled using their profit/income. It’s hardly greenwashing. If legitimizing polluting technology by saying we’re doing such a great job at combating pollution isn’t green washing, perhaps I’ve…
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