I have used SearXNG for a while, but I switched to LibreX after the search engine started glitching. Recently, though, LibreX has stopped returning any results. I am currently on Mojeek, but the results aren’t that great.

I have also tried Qwant, but I wasn’t too keen on it. Startpage will be impractical, as I use a VPN and this engine often blocks me because of it. I don’t want to use Brave Search for a number of reasons. MetaGer has too many important features behind its paywall. I’m not sure about DuckDuckGo, but I could use it if there was no other option.

Any suggestions, or am I being too picky?

  • Hellfire103OPEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    We want search engines. GPT-3.5 has a knowledge cutoff in 2021, so I only really use it for software recommendations and text/code formatting.

    • PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml
      21·
      10 months ago

      I am surprised that we wouldn’t prefer better AI.

      Search engines today are geared to point us to a site where we then search again for our answer.

      I am now just realizing I’d rather get a range of answers.

      I wonder if that’s where we end up, a massive “wikipedia” of online nuggets of varying degrees of preferential truthiness….

      • Hellfire103OPEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        It would be good, but I also feel like we shouldn’t become too reliant on AI. The ability to find our own answers and solutions may be annoying, but it’s better for us.

        I could be wrong, though.