General to Ask Lemmygrad · 10 months agoWhich search engine do you use and why?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhich search engine do you use and why?General to Ask Lemmygrad · 10 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [they/she]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoMostly because they’re based in Russia to be honest so they don’t filter out “Russian propaganda” I know they’re tracking though. I’ll happily switch if I could find an engine that doesn’t track and is reliable.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [they/she]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat’s a good point. The website doesn’t indicate it searches Yandex, but perhaps there is an instance that does since it’s open-source and all
minus-squareImnecomradelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoIt’s also good for finding torrents and free streaming services since other mainstream search engines like Google censor those results.
Why Yandex particularly?
Mostly because they’re based in Russia to be honest so they don’t filter out “Russian propaganda”
I know they’re tracking though. I’ll happily switch if I could find an engine that doesn’t track and is reliable.
Can Yandex be added in SearXng?
That’s a good point. The website doesn’t indicate it searches Yandex, but perhaps there is an instance that does since it’s open-source and all
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It’s also good for finding torrents and free streaming services since other mainstream search engines like Google censor those results.
Really? Oh! I might try it for those then!