yeah then maybe I would try see how SearXNG would go for you.
https://searx.space public instances hosted, includes tor and stuff too
see first: Why use a private instance? — SearXNG Documentation (2025.7.19+b95a3e905)
I havent found it reliable, maybe https://searx.be specifically is and things have changed for a while since I tried but that’s for my experience and maybe it’s the ladder.
edit: Huh, TIL PG has their own:
https://search.privacyguides.net/ [when it’ll work]
I would suggest Startpage anyway. They are currently using both Google and Bing for their results. While Startpage has its issues, I would still say that they are nowhere near as significant as the issues with Google. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of good. With Google, we know that they are collecting your searches, and using them to profile you, while StartPage doesn’t do this. Also, many important entities, such as PrivacyGuides, still trust StartPage enough to list it as one of the recommended options. It is also one of the default options in many privacy-focused browsers, like in Tor or Brave.
@ph00lt0 I am working through some shared homelab recipes or standards that I hope to offer people the experience of something like Umbrel but much more open with the ability to scale up and down similar to the cloud like the Compute Blade and CMRat I/O boards for SOC compute modules like the Raspberry Pi CM4 and Radxa CM3.
Load those up on standard DIN Rails and eventually make our own DIN Rails that fit in the DeskPI half racks. Also you can see full-size 19" DIN Rail that I have here that could be mounted into the standard size.
Or as one of my friends has shown, you can even mount DIN Rails with magnets onto a metal desk.
Outside of the “hardware recipes” we are also looking into developing open homelab software which will have different layers for different users:
We would keep the recipes something that could be built and maintained by yourself, a friend or a reputable electronics shop that can follow some build steps online. Since it is done in an open way, you or anyone else can do the same builds. Also it is flexible enough to be done with existing hardware, but that of course brings in one off steps to get everything running similarly to the build recipe nodes.
My hope here is that a lot of the decision making around hardware and cumbersome steps to install are removed, and using open source on your own hardware becomes a community unto itself similar to PG. Of course the long term goal is to make the standard steps towards privacy a much more achievable one and making self-hosting much less of a dirty word.
I have been holding my tongue a bit because we’re still developing software and I don’t have too much to show yet, but I am curious how you and other teams view this from a privacy perspective?
There are a lot of consideration when considering moderating the bazaar market of folks who can help you do these builds, but I hope to create a distributed reputation system that would help here. Something akin to ebay but backed by some blockchain tech that could be optionally hosted on these system.
Similarly, @jonah’s monero build could also be a standard software deployed on these to encourage more use of crypto alternatives.
Anyways, not to entirely steal this thread, but just I encourage DMs or a single responses to discuss concerns on this approach and I won’t reply here but will take into consideration when I do a future show and tell with the community once stuff is ready.
This PewDiePie video is a huge win for privacy exposure; I honestly didn’t see it coming from him.
This is good for the privacy community, but I find it a little bit desperate how Proton is trying really hard to convince him to use Proton Mail.
It’ll be cool to see PewDiePie make a new channel about online privacy. 
“We are also on Linux”
this really does reek of desperation.
First time I see anyone claiming that the camera system on Pixel devices is anything, but great. It reads like you just got a defective unit or something.
comments on YT 
Can we talk about how Felix is hosting everything on his Steam Deck?
I’m honestly impressed and scared at the same time 
Bro just keeps it plugged in all day like a madlad lol
This is fantastic news. The most subscribed channel on YouTube talks about self-hosting, Linux and GrapheneOS. Something we nerds have been doing for 10+ years. Now the mainstream is doing it.
Nothing better can happen to us. Hopefully our privacy community will grow a lot now.
And got half-million likes, which is amazing!
Pixels might have atrocious battery life, reception issues, overheating problems, broken displays with purple or green lines, and various other QA issues, you might also find them too big and heavy or dislike them for having no SD card support or headphone jack, or for being hard to repair, but it’s the first time I hear anyone complain about the camera.
Is there a map app that can provide navigation for Japanese public transportation, place names, and store names? As PewDiePie mentioned in a video, Google Maps tends to be the first choice in Tokyo due to its convenience, but I’m looking for an alternative that doesn’t significantly compromise convenience.
I tried Organic Maps and OsmAnd+, but I felt their navigation performance was insufficient, and their coverage of place names, station names, and such was also inadequate.
Bimba sort of works where I live for public transit, and it looks like there’s a bunch of data available in Tokyo (just checked briefly). It doesn’t work great though. I usually just end up using a combo of CoMaps/Organic Maps/OsmAnd and GMaps WV. Both Google and Apple just have better/more complete routing than everything I’ve tried based on OSM.
GMaps WV is a pretty good option for me. It might not be ideal from a deGoogle perspective, but I feel it strikes a good balance between convenience and privacy. I’m also knowing about Bimba for the first time. Thanks!
