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[-] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

If you can use Google through SearX, isn't Startpage redundant? IIRC they don't ever claim to do anything but proxy Google results.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Yes, except in the case where Google is rate limited. There is/was a Searx instance that regularly got blocked by Google, I do not remember which one though.

[-] Kindness@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

isn’t Startpage redundant?

After they were purchased by an advertising company? Yes.

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