• SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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    2 years ago

    I know P2P had become a dead buzzword, but what if people dedicated a portion of their computers to assisting an open search engine.

    I would wait 30s for accurate results. It could also piggyback on a search aggregator.

    • Chris@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      There used to be an open source search aggregator, don’t remember what it was called

        • Chris@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          Yeah that looks like it! Why do you say it is useless? I have cloud credits that I could theoretically burn hosting one of these

          • ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world
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            2 years ago

            IIRC its results just aren’t that good? I haven’t tried it, this is just what I’ve heard. Maybe it’s gotten better? ~Cherri