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From: super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Search engine suggestions
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:08:14 -0500
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In article <YL_iO.80069$Gqcd.44669@fx18.iad>,
 scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) wrote:

> In article <v69f2b$3d9h3$1@dont-email.me>,
> super70s  <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
> >Sadly it appears DuckDuckGo has just quit supporting my Tiger running 
> >TenFourFox.
> >
> >I switched to DDG after StartPage (which I use on my more modern Macs) 
> >quit supporting the system a year or so ago.
> >
> >Google and Bing are reachable in TFF so I went with Bing, anybody but 
> >The Evil Google!
> >
> >Anybody have any other suggestions for a search engine on vintage Macs? 
> >Preferably one that respects your privacy like StartPage and DDG.
> 
> How about a SearXNG instance?  It proxies your requests to the search
> engines you select, and its interface seems like it ought to work on older
> devices.  I run my own instance (it's pretty easy to do if you're familiar
> with Docker), but there's also a list of public instances that you could try
> out to see if it'd work for you:
> 
> https://searx.space/

The list of "instances" isn't loading (just the top menu) but the first 
one, https://search.inetol.net/, loads and works OK.