That sounds like a pretty good idea, since most search engines don't play very well with the fediverse. Could be a good workaround. I'm wondering how expensive it would be to host something like that. Maybe someone with experience hosting instances could give an estimate?
Revanee
joined 3 weeks ago
This stirs up some trauma
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Glad you like it!
I'm in the same boat. Paying for search put me off at first, in big part due to having to login to use it. But now that I've tried, it's a lot easier to use than expected. For example, you can get a session link to use for incognito searches, or an even more private option with anonymous tokens that let you use it without the searches being linked to your account at all.
The more I think about it, the more sense it makes. If a search engine is free, its goals won't be aligned with my interests as a user and we get stuff like sponsored search results.