Does Linux Mint's search engine partnership ad revenue work on LMDE too?

[Nia]

Hello! I'm not in a position to donate directly to Linux Mint, however as I was looking over the partners page I realized that both Yahoo and DuckDuckGo ad click revenue is shared with Linux Mint. Does this partnership also happen on LMDE, or does the ad click revenue sharing only happen on the main edition? I'm also assuming this sharing only happens when using the Firefox version from Mint's repo.

[Hoser Rob]

While I can't say for sure, I'd be very surprised if it was any different in LMDE.

If this bothers you why not just use another search engine as default? I wouldn't touch yahoo search anyway and IMO duckduckgo is massively over rated. I use startpage.

I think this anticorporate bias in some Linux users is misguided anyway. All GNU/Linux distros are completely dependent on the kernels from the Linux Kernel Project. This is a separate foundation which gets quite a lot of corporate funding from some of the biggest IT firms. Including Microsoft.

[axisofevil]

I only use DuckDuckGo with a few rare exceptions such as where I'm forced to use things like Google for translation.
It works fine and keeps my interactions with the Google information gathering & advertising agency to a minimum.

There some corporations which invite a well deserved anti-corporate bias.

[Moem]

where I'm forced to use things like Google for translation.

I find the quality of the translations made by DeepL.com vastly superior. Just FYI!

[axisofevil]

Thanks!
It looks good.

[manyroads]

where I'm forced to use things like Google for translation.

I find the quality of the translations made by DeepL.com vastly superior. Just FYI!

I absolutely agree that deepl is superior for most Western / Central European languages. I rely on it for correction & assistance in my German, Polish & French language work.

[Nia]

If this bothers you why not just use another search engine as default? I wouldn't touch yahoo search anyway and IMO duckduckgo is massively over rated. I use startpage.

I think this anticorporate bias in some Linux users is misguided anyway. All GNU/Linux distros are completely dependent on the kernels from the Linux Kernel Project. This is a separate foundation which gets quite a lot of corporate funding from some of the biggest IT firms. Including Microsoft.

I agree, I had actually disabled my adblocker on those search engines and was wanting to make sure that Linux Mint was getting funding from me using them on LMDE as a way to support them.

[axisofevil]

I do use a non-Google, non-Microsoft search engine.

Why not just make a donation (in cash) to the Linux Kernel Project and/or to Mint/LMDE?

Keep your ad blocking and anti-tracking software running - you can always selectively allow web sites you approve of to place moderate advertising on their sites, provided they don't abuse the privilege of course!

I usually allow sites to have advertising access if they are the good guys - but unfortunately the anti-tracking feature of DuckDuckGo was forced to block a Google tracker (not an advert) on forums.linuxmint.com

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