mesa@piefed.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前Be Your Own Privacy-Respecting Google, Bing & Bravexn--gckvb8fzb.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkBe Your Own Privacy-Respecting Google, Bing & Bravexn--gckvb8fzb.commesa@piefed.social to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前message-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
… by running your own instance of the free and open-source federated metasearch engine SearXNG on OpenBSD!
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 个月前I still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?
minus-squareirmadlad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 个月前From what I’ve read, I believe it’s a combination of donations. sponsors, volunteer hosting from like minded organizations.
minus-squareN.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 个月前If I had to guess, they probably don’t use the APIs, inside using scrapping of some sort.
minus-squaresunstoned@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前My understanding is it scrapes what it can’t meaningfully get out of an API. Public instances run into rate limiting, but private instances don’t really have that problem.
I still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?
From what I’ve read, I believe it’s a combination of donations. sponsors, volunteer hosting from like minded organizations.
If I had to guess, they probably don’t use the APIs, inside using scrapping of some sort.
My understanding is it scrapes what it can’t meaningfully get out of an API. Public instances run into rate limiting, but private instances don’t really have that problem.