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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • They now have unlimited searches for $10/mo. That’s what got me to try it out.

    You are correct though. I really do not like having all of my search history tied to my credit card (and then me). What helps me justify that is that instead of me being the product like google, by paying I’ve become the customer. Hopefully that incentivizes keeping them on the up and up.

    I did come across searnxg in this thread. It looks like that can be self hosted so I’m gonna give that a try as well.











  • The best (and simplest) thing I have running is AdGuard Home. It’s a DNS server you run that blocks ads on the entire network.

    I also run a wireguard server on my router and clients on my laptops and phone.

    With these combined when on the road on cell or Wi-Fi connections all my traffic goes right to my home internet and it’s like I’m home.

    I have access to all internal services, devices, and I get no ads in apps and websites (where technically possible). Highly highly recommend. I couldn’t live without it.

    I also have home assistant running but that is way more work than just installing a server. It’s almost a hobby in of itself.

    Editing - I didn’t mention it but PiHole is an alternative to AdGuard Home. I didn’t mention PiHole to keep things simple but after years of using PiHole I’ve switched to AdGuard Home mostly because of the per client configs, ease of maintenance and UI. As always, check out both and choose what’s best for you.