I host my own SearXNG instance, which miiiight be a bit of a bad idea because the anonymity of the crowd disappears but hosting your own services is way too cool to ignore. It’s at search.gregtech.eu in case anyone wants to use it.
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FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Kind of fucked up but tbf Google does similarly shady stuff.
Please just use duckduckgo (or SearX).
gregor@gregtech.eu 2 months ago
vinyl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pretty impressed, very accurate informationLargest manufacturer in the world.
turkalino@lemmy.yachts 2 months ago
Accurate indeed. Pee is stored in the balls, cum is stored in the prostate
Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You know your content is certainly used to train LLMs ?
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 months ago
It pulls from Wikidata
FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Hahha GregSearX I love it!
I’ve used searX in the past and found it was decent but personally I am going to stick with duckduckgo because it just works better for my needs (especially since I’m on mobile).
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 months ago
What I don’t like about SearXNG (aside of no favicons/icons I think) is that it doesn’t show the content of what I am looking for in the browser desktop tabs, if I search for “Linux” in the tab it is only shown “SearXNG” instead of what I am searching for… That definitely kills my browsing habits… I hope I am being clear (can’t post a screenshot right now), also unsure if it was the same with mobile browsers.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
You can control that with a setting. In Settings - Privacy, turn on “Query in the page’s title.”
My instance has a magnifying glass as the favicon.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thank you, totally missed this then 😄
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
That is configurable. Settings > Privacy > Query in the page’s title
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Oh, so it was a privacy feature then? Neat!
gregor@gregtech.eu 2 months ago
I can set up a favicon resolver on my instance. I’ll do it today.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thank you, I didn’t even know it was possible.
I am gonna try it later, happy spying /j
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 months ago
It supports favicons now, it has to be enabled by the instance.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
So then you can track my searches?
gregor@gregtech.eu 2 months ago
I guess I could technically do that, but I really don’t give a f what people search for on my searxng instance. Plus, Google and the likes have an incentive to use your searches for advertising and building a profile on you.
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If people search for illegal content does that get you in trouble?
nef@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
This is nothing like GregTech! Where’s the tedious microcrafting to enjoy before every search?
moe93@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
How did you change the logo? I tried to do that on my instance and failed miserably. Running it through docker.
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
SearX is dead; you should use SearXNG now.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I feel like Microsoft is way more shameless about their shady stuff. They’ve been messing around with impersonating google/chrome for awhile now, they recently had that thing where they would copy all your open chrome tabs, and then when you started your computer it would open edge with all your chrome tabs to trick people into using edge instead.
vinyl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They aren’t afraid of people complaining about them, they are afraid of the government, and they fulfill a hefty amount of contracts for the gov
vinyl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I would use anything else before DDG, the primary function of it which is searching, generally feels sucky
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
DDG is just Bing under the hood
FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
And Searx is the same. And startpage is just google.
But the point is they don’t track.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
DDG was letting Bing track users. They may have stopped now that they got in trouble for it.
FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Wait really?