Interesting, I’m gonna look up what Librey is but can you tell me about it? Is it opensource? How does it compare to Searxng?

Yes.

a basic search engine does not need JavaScript. The reason they are doing this is because, besides adblocks , disabling JavaScript can block ads. This can also block the ai. and to Google, blocking their ai is the last straw. Ads on Google search, not as much likely because the ads on Google search aren’t as disruptive as the ones on Youtube.

I don’t think it would affect it since Searxng functions in javascript. idk if that Google disabling non javascript use would impact searxng particularly.

While not using Kagi, I been using Searxng for atleast, the last 2+ years. I even switch from Duckduckgo to Searxng. Never looked back. Everynow and then i’l change servers on Searxng just to get some kind of new fresh air. Some servers may even have their own custom logo. Not too many do though.

What search engine can I use as an alternative to search the internet reliably on a text based browser like Lynx anymore? I know duckduckgo somewhat works, however i’m looking for a search engine where I can view images. My preferred text terminal browser is links2 which can display images in the terminal. Which browser can I reliably navigate around search resualts, images and news on a search engine without javascript?

Can’t believe Google’s doing this, they seemed to be the most dedicated to this of the big companies. Especially on Youtube.

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It’s a mixed economy. and really, you’re going to try and say that China doesn’t have a socialist leaning?

I’m not meaning to say, that China does not have some form of capitalism; i’m saying that the u.s gov. doesn’t want a country that supports socialism to have an influence and that that is what brought my theory. The u.s tends to mostly support capitalism. There is barely any room for socialism in current u.s politics. Socialism barely makes it on the news in the u.s.

Good point.

If they sell the platform to an American company, it wouldn’t be Chinese owned. and CHina is (currently) a socialist leaning country, once sold to an American company, it’s gonna be more capitalist focused then it already was. idk why people miss that.

I wasn’t calling it a free market. I did acknowledge that their were limits of what people could see or say. However, when it comes to out right bans of a website or app, compared to other countries the u.s is the last to ban anything in a direct way. Like, it might fine a website to it’s bankrupsy if it violate’s specific laws, but it won’t typically ban any.

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Red note must be real famous now, if Nbc news is covering it. It’s almost like they banned Tiktok for nothing because now there is another one emerging. They should just not ban Tiktok. Rednote might even be worse than Tiktok for those concerned because the revolt will just grow if the government blocks something deemed a national security threat.

In the u.s it’s not illegal to use a platform just because the government doesn’t like the country. Because you have free speech, right? Their are certain limits of what you can post and view but the u.s has never banned a website in this direct type of approach before Tiktok. and I just think websites getting banned in the u.s will continue to be rare thing. Piracy sites going bankrupt from copyright infringement cases is a completely different thing then an outright ban.

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I don’t understand how the Tiktok ban is related to another apps’ user decline.

Maybe not TIktok itself, I was mainly referring that it’s maintained by a Chinese company. Too many people in the u.s think China is communist, but it’s lately more like socialism.

But whether it’s socialism, or communism, the Republican party most outspokenly, won’t have either one of those. Mainly because it can devalues the capitalists.