The Proper Way to Do Web Searches (Searx)

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[scarabQ]

This is just bloat, high IQ people just sacrifice a lamb and consult the oracles

[mopme]

Why use a search engine? just manually search things by typing random links

[goulash]

Searx is awesome for finding obscure content. I've been able to find product documentation that wasn't indexed by any of the major engines. Saves a ton of time at work if we don't have any copies of used equipment on hand.

[MiroslavKosanovic]

DDG just announced they will be using their own judgement to show search results so I will be switching to this. Thanks!

[whathd]

>find a searx instace i like
>set it as the default search engine.
>get blocked for searching too much
>mfw i have to find another (good) one

[mega-flare]

I think pinterest should be blocked on every search engine

[finnk]

Search engines are our most used tool - yet I've never seen one as fully-featured as this.
I've used Ecosia for a long time to plant trees with ad revenue, but maybe it's time for a change.

[socialelitist]

Had to fiddle around with settings for 15+ min just to figure out how to not take a million years to do a search. This is extremely based. I give this a default browser out of 10.

[charlieruppe]

Running your own instance would be nice since I've had problems with reliability on lots of instances. The problem with running your own instance is that you won't have a lot of other users using your instance, anonymizing your search results.

[FreeMan-wzhj]

Nice, open source and decentralized is the way to go. Just like invidious and peertube.

[michealhall]

"Not because its slow because I'm in a cabin in the middle of the woods" - Unabomber

[JuriDerCoole]

How is this more privacy friendly? I still have to trust the provider of the searx instance. They could run a compromised searx version, don't they?

[Enthalpiste]

Searx is under GNU AGPLv3 license. So you're definitely running GNU/Linux!

[MostWantedO]

I am so grateful you showed me this that I'm even gonna put a comment for the algorithm

[davidr]

Podcast should really be called, "Or Something Like That"

[jimbarino]

You should feel proud, Luke - looks like you have been noticed by Google and are in the process of being shadowbanned. I went to check to see if you had any new videos and found that I had been mysteriously unsubscribed from your channel... At first I thought it had been deleted, but I found it again with a search.

[freezejr]

10:10 "forced meme sites, that's what I meme"

[driden]

Thanks for this video, haven’t heard of this before!

[ctrackthezer]

Startpage was acquired by an advertising company so it is probably compromised

[playitnextgames]

It seems strange when Luke Smith tells you the 'proper' way to do things.