- Ecosia and Qwant will create a European search index - They will create European Search Perspective for the project - Each company will own 50% of this venture - The project is planned to be launched in France in early 2025 - Qwant's search is focused on privacy - Ecosia search engine pays attention to ecology - Ecosia plants one tree for every 50 searches - Project made possible by new DMA law - Google is required to share data for model training - Until alternative systems create their own indexes - For example, Ecosia uses Google and Bing results - Its business is affected by the price increase of the Bing Search API - The new search index is security-oriented - It will be available to independent search engines - The infrastructure will reduce the EU's dependence on the US, etc. - Google accounts for 90% of the global search market