mesa@piefed.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoBe Your Own Privacy-Respecting Google, Bing & Bravexn--gckvb8fzb.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkBe Your Own Privacy-Respecting Google, Bing & Bravexn--gckvb8fzb.commesa@piefed.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
… by running your own instance of the free and open-source federated metasearch engine SearXNG on OpenBSD!
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 hours agoI still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoIf I had to guess, they probably don’t use the APIs, inside using scrapping of some sort.
minus-squareirmadlad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoFrom what I’ve read, I believe it’s a combination of donations. sponsors, volunteer hosting from like minded organizations.
I still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?
If I had to guess, they probably don’t use the APIs, inside using scrapping of some sort.
From what I’ve read, I believe it’s a combination of donations. sponsors, volunteer hosting from like minded organizations.