Google is moving to quickly kill internet search and replace it with a closed ecosystem of LLM-generated answers. This will change the entire economics of how the internet works.

Welcome to the future, where asking a question costs $4.99 and you’ll never be able to find out if the answer is right or not.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    That is awesome. A little beyond me but I’ve played in docker a bit. Is a VPN needed to keep your ip from being exposed ?

    Is just using an existing searxng instance just less secure then?

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Is a VPN needed to keep your ip from being exposed ?

      No more so than using any search engine directly, it’s a nice to have. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

      Is just using an existing searxng instance just less secure then?

      By the time you’ve investigated it, you could have stood up your own instance…