Any thoughts on SearXNG? Self-hosted or otherwise?
Google isn’t a helpful librarian. It’s a data extraction empire.
Search isn’t free. Gmail isn’t free. Chrome sure as hell isn’t free.
You’re the product. Worse, your behavior is the product.
What you search
When you search it
What you skip
What you click
How long you linger
They don’t just log your answers. They log your questions.
Think about that.
They know when you’re scared.
They know when you’re desperate.
They know when you’re lonely.
This isn’t paranoia. It’s documented.
GOOGLE LOGGED THAT TOO
Every Click. Every “Okay.” Every Search. Time to Claw It Back.
https://untraceabledigitaldissident.com/google-logged-that-too/
Discussion
Love it. I self host and use it
Nice. Thanks.
Got some best practices for noobs? Is there a way to implement using searxng on iPhone?
There’s a list of public instances via the link below to have a play with. I also host my own though. In safari you can’t set it as a default search engine because Apple restrict things. Easy enough if you’re using Firefox or chrome etc.
Thanks! Will look into it