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Searx. Use Searx. Does your search engine of choice fail to get results that the others pick up? Searx grabs all of them and compiles them together. Don't miss
by seanw444 5y ago
Searx. Use Searx. Does your search engine of choice fail to get results that the others pick up? Searx grabs all of them and compiles them together. Don't miss another search result!
Also, proxying increases privacy. Also, it's open source and self-hostable.
- prmoustache 5y agoBeing open source doesn't mean the people running the public searx instances aren't tracking you. Self-hosting makes you lose all the benefits of proxying. In the end be it ddg or searx you can only rely on some third-party trust.
- seanw444 5y agoYup, you choose one or the other. As with all things, there's you can't have it all. There's a balance.
- account42 5y agoStill, it's a valid criticism. How is anyone supposed to know which of the numerous searx instances has what they want. Seems this would really benefit from an instance run by a transparent non-profit organization. You still need to trust someone, you always do, but that doesn't mean that that trust can't be earned rather than just assumed.