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It always seemed like Leta was on thin ice since it queried Googles Search API and then cached the results for 30 days, which I believe is against Googles TOS.

It always seemed like Leta was on thin ice since it queried Googles Search API and then cached the results for 30 days, which I believe is against Googles TOS. I wonder if they finally noticed and got mad. https://developers.google.com/terms https://developers.google.com/terms > you will not [...] keep cached copies longer than permitted by the cache header

userbinator 1y ago
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- HotGarbage 1y ago
  This is why we have https://4get.ca/ https://4get.ca/
  - userbinator 1y ago
    Your browser, IP or IP range has been blocked from this 4get instance Yeah, no.
  - ericpruitt 1y ago
    Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW. After seeing that they were randomized, I starting going through them and got a dildo for one. EDIT: They've got them listed under an open index on https://4get.ca/banner/ https://4get.ca/banner/ if you want to see them all.
  - GaryBluto 1y ago
    > 4chan-inspired search engine Why would anybody ever use anything vaguely adjacent to 4chan for anything?
    - ffsm8 1y ago
      4 Chan continues to be the best actually "free"/borderline unmoderated forum to this date. It just comes with the problems that come from allowing it's users to speak whatever they want - anonymously... Hence you usually get everything there, from the most insightful to the most offensive. You might prefer a highly moderated platform such as HN, but 4Chan has it's own strengths if looked at from a natural position
      - Szpadel 1y ago
        how they deal with plain spam? if it's unmoderated and anonymous why it isn't floating in see of bot generated spam?
        Alex2037 1y ago
        it's not entirely unmoderated. some of the rules are being enforced fairly strictly - for example, NSFW images on SFW boards get reported and erased within minutes. blatant spammers, shills, and schizos get dealt with too. only residential IPs can post, which reduces the volume of shit quite a bit. a dedicated schizo can shit up a thread, a coordinated raid can shit up a whole board, but given the ephemeral nature of 4chan, it's like pissing in an ocean of piss. rather, it is politically unmoderated. which is, of course, the pearl-clutching anathema.
        msla 1y ago
        Politically unmoderated? Try to be leftist and see how long your posts last. It's pro-Nazi because the moderators can't stand anything else.
        Alex2037 1y ago
        where, on /pol/? you can be whatever you want except a blatant glowie or an obnoxious schizo.
    - culi 1y ago
      Especially when we've already got searx which accomplishes the same thing and is more transparent
    - jasonvorhe 1y ago
      What a normie question.
  - 1vuio0pswjnm7 1y ago
    4get.ca is just another "metasearch engine" that anyone can "self-host", like https://searx.github.io/searx/ https://searx.github.io/searx/ for example There is no reason one has to use any particular remote instance https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/archive/master.zip https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lo... Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc. Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org
  - Forbo 1y ago
    Reading their about page... > globohomo Yeah, no, fuck that bigoted bullshit and the people who made it.
- bdcravens 1y ago
  By extension, shouldn't that sentiment also apply to companies that use Google's services? Such as their search API?
benatkin 1y ago
They didn't get mad. Part of Google's playbook is openwashing, where they act open in order to get more people to lock into their tech.
- themafia 1y ago
  > Part of Google's playbook is openwashing I think it's easier to just call it "lying." Nearly to the point of "breaking the law."

userbinator 1y ago

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HotGarbage 1y ago
This is why we have https://4get.ca/ https://4get.ca/
- userbinator 1y ago
  Your browser, IP or IP range has been blocked from this 4get instance Yeah, no.
- ericpruitt 1y ago
  Just a warning that some of the search header images are NSFW. After seeing that they were randomized, I starting going through them and got a dildo for one. EDIT: They've got them listed under an open index on https://4get.ca/banner/ https://4get.ca/banner/ if you want to see them all.
- GaryBluto 1y ago
  > 4chan-inspired search engine Why would anybody ever use anything vaguely adjacent to 4chan for anything?
  - ffsm8 1y ago
    4 Chan continues to be the best actually "free"/borderline unmoderated forum to this date. It just comes with the problems that come from allowing it's users to speak whatever they want - anonymously... Hence you usually get everything there, from the most insightful to the most offensive. You might prefer a highly moderated platform such as HN, but 4Chan has it's own strengths if looked at from a natural position
    - Szpadel 1y ago
      how they deal with plain spam? if it's unmoderated and anonymous why it isn't floating in see of bot generated spam?
      - Alex2037 1y ago
        it's not entirely unmoderated. some of the rules are being enforced fairly strictly - for example, NSFW images on SFW boards get reported and erased within minutes. blatant spammers, shills, and schizos get dealt with too. only residential IPs can post, which reduces the volume of shit quite a bit. a dedicated schizo can shit up a thread, a coordinated raid can shit up a whole board, but given the ephemeral nature of 4chan, it's like pissing in an ocean of piss. rather, it is politically unmoderated. which is, of course, the pearl-clutching anathema.
        msla 1y ago
        Politically unmoderated? Try to be leftist and see how long your posts last. It's pro-Nazi because the moderators can't stand anything else.
        Alex2037 1y ago
        where, on /pol/? you can be whatever you want except a blatant glowie or an obnoxious schizo.
  - culi 1y ago
    Especially when we've already got searx which accomplishes the same thing and is more transparent
  - jasonvorhe 1y ago
    What a normie question.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 1y ago
  4get.ca is just another "metasearch engine" that anyone can "self-host", like https://searx.github.io/searx/ https://searx.github.io/searx/ for example There is no reason one has to use any particular remote instance https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get/archive/master.zip https://web.archive.org/web/20250801194307if_/https://git.lo... Nor does one have to use a browser in order do "metasearch". For example, I have a script that queries over 60 search engines directly, from the command line, and returns SQL. I can combine results from many sources into custom SERPs comprised of simple HTML for text-only browser, no Javascript, CSS, etc. Unfortunately, pooled search proxies have a finite lifetime, like scroogle.org
- Forbo 1y ago
  Reading their about page... > globohomo Yeah, no, fuck that bigoted bullshit and the people who made it.
bdcravens 1y ago
By extension, shouldn't that sentiment also apply to companies that use Google's services? Such as their search API?

benatkin 1y ago

They didn't get mad. Part of Google's playbook is openwashing, where they act open in order to get more people to lock into their tech.

themafia 1y ago
> Part of Google's playbook is openwashing I think it's easier to just call it "lying." Nearly to the point of "breaking the law."