There's a strange pattern of pairing a non-profit initiative with a totally unrelated product. I can't imagine the same organization is going to get great at both web search and environmentalism.
IMO, the goal of Ecosia has always been trying to "hijack" something that people always do (searching) and use profit from that to "plant trees", while also proving you can be profitable (though in this case all profits go to green projects) and still give back to the Earth. If Google invested 1% of profits in similar efforts to have systematic change and green lobbyism (not green washing or carbon credits), Ecosia wouldn't even need to exist.
> I can't imagine the same organization is going to get great at both web search and environmentalism
It's powered by Bing with some flavour on top. I think it's an alright search engine. And it's doing great environmentalism :)
I'd love to be proven wrong though!