If I had to guess, they probably don’t use the APIs, inside using scrapping of some sort.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?
Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
sunstoned@lemmus.org 1 month ago
My understanding is it scrapes what it can’t meaningfully get out of an API. Public instances run into rate limiting, but private instances don’t really have that problem.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 month ago
From what I’ve read, I believe it’s a combination of donations. sponsors, volunteer hosting from like minded organizations.