Thank you for showing me SearXNG. I will definitely be looking into it, and once comfortable maybe even host one internally.
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sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I used to, until they started changing links for actual results to have trackers built in. I couldn’t click on specific websites i was searching for without my adblock putting a stop to it. Asked them about it in their discord and they basically told me to turn off adblock. Dropped them like a sack of potatoes and spun up a SearXNG instance. Before that I thought about spinning up a presearch node. Glad I switched to SearXNG. It basically accomplished what I wanted from Presearch without the ads and crypto shitcoin.
If I had to switch to a new engine not run by me, I’d consider Qwant or maybe Kagi if paying for it is worth it. I’m old enough to be used to having stuff for free on the internet, doing it yourself to keep from having to pay for a service is a perfectly fine option for me.
My search engine lineage Alta Vista Yahoo Dogpile Metacrawler Google Cuil Google DDG Google Presearch My own SearXNG instance
Luckyfriend222@lemmy.world 5 months ago
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Of all the things I’ve self hosted, it’s by far the easiest. TrueNAS scale’s kubernetes chart was pretty install and run. See ya over in !selfhosted@lemmy.world
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Wow, that trackers bullshit is even worse than I thought.
After all I’m glad that I asked. Something felt fishy about Presearch from the start and I couldn’t pin point what exactly. Reading through all the terms and technicalities was exhausting, so this thread was nice kind of tldr.
Thanks everyone.
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah, I would-be been fine if they just added a listing that was actually an ad, but replacing actual results with no option to not click the tracking injected link was enough for me. Ignoring their shitcoin is fine, it’s not required to use their search. But I don’t take kindly to bullshit if it’s forced on me.