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First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
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Pros
Pro Incentivizes use by offering rewards
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
Pro Advanced image search
Pro Extremely customisable
Since you have access to all the .yaml files, you can easily modify it to your needs.
Pro Can add many search engines
Have a vast choice for choosing search engines
Pro Can use a proxy
Using a proxy called Morty hides the IP address of the user
Pro Most Private Search engine
Since it can be hosted on your own server/ computer, it is very private, nothing leaves your computer.
No cookies or ads too
Pro Very fast
Since it is a Python program with a web interface, it's very very fast even on a poor internet connection
Pro Supports instant answers
Uses Google and Bing, and hence has the 'quick answers' feature of both the search engines.
Cons
Con USA Based
USA based = no privacy. Don't trade ease of use over privacy!
Con No advanced search page
Con Owned by Microsoft
Guaranteed censorship, guaranteed bias, and guaranteed absolutely no privacy.
Con Very very slow
Bing has very slow load times compared to other engines.
Con Can look for animated gifs
Con Not very mobile friendly
Needs WSL2 for windows, and works natively on macOS and Linux
But no support for Android or iOS
