TL;DR 😊
they already started to go downhill when they ditched their motto “don’t be evil”. Their agenda to push advertisements before actual search-results combined with the incredible horrible thing called SEO, really did a number.
Duckduckgo followed when they became relevant.
Etc.
And I grew tired of maintaining my searx-instance.
Search engines are only getting worse because it makes line go up: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
TL;DR 😊 they already started to go downhill when they ditched their motto “don’t be evil”. Their agenda to push advertisements before actual search-results combined with the incredible horrible thing called SEO, really did a number. Duckduckgo followed when they became relevant. Etc.
And I grew tired of maintaining my searx-instance.