Why is every Searx instance down when I try to use it?
HaleyHalcyon@kbin.social to 
I want to use SearxNG as my daily driver, and I added three instances to my browser’s search engines list. However, I find that all three are down whenever I try to use it, and I inevitably have to look at the list of instances and click the top one just to perform one search. Is there a way to “auto-route” my search through the most reliable instance or something?
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My solution to this was to run my own private instance. It's very easy with docker-compose.
Doesn't this defeat the privacy of searx because it's coming from a single IP and a single user?
Can that be done on a mobile device?
You could in theory but hosting it on dedicated hardware will be a much better experience.
+1 to self hosting or using a vps.
Does that help with the engine connection errors?
I still have some issues with Bing from time to time but as far as I can tell that's because they are changing stuff and the SearXNG devs just need to push a fix.
I believe Bing is making changes to accomodate Chat GPT