Plugin doesn't seem to be working for me at all, at least, based on my expectations from the description. about free-internet-plugin HOT 3 CLOSED

Hi Bradley, thank you for getting in contact!

Currently, the users browser should not inhibit the plugin, but the plugin only works for Google search results, as they hold 92% of users and each search engine would require a custom script to work effectively.

Thank you for writing, I'm sorry that we can't meet your needs at this time.

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Hi @Torbet , Okay I checked using Google.com and indeed, I can atest that I did not see any "nytimes.com" or similar for wsj, etc. - basically anything on the block list. nytco.com did come up, but that's not actually a paywalled site so it doesn't count ;)

Then I disabled the plugin, hit refresh, and voila! lotsa paywall crapolla down the page!

So.... I find it rather unfortunate that, as you state, that the plugin only works for results from searching via Google.com proper, as that's not a site that I typically will frequent, and sadly, they're going to get those paywalled results to me anyway via StartPage, since it's an aggregation of Google data.

Good news is... the plugin works as stated, quite well, and without any noticeable degradation in time to retrieve results, but due to a myriad of reasons why I and others will not use Google.com for search results, the plugin isn't going to benefit me much, or at least very often, at this time.

Given some time, contributory PRs, and perhaps a bit of funding from folks, perhaps you'll be able to expand upon the list of actual search engines that this plugin serves, since it does indeed to do what it sets out to do so well. For that, I am quite elated!

I'm not going to close this issue however, since I would imagine that many others who remove Google as their search provider from their browsers will come across the same confusion, but please do feel free to close the issue if you feel it best :)

If you're open to it, I made two clarifications in the text and issued a PR for you to consider. With that, #16 , this issue probably won't serve a purpose any longer :)

Thanks for this fantastic plugin - a sorely needed takeback for privacy concsious individuals!

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Thank you for the feedback, will look over your PR and update the readme to make everything more transparent!
It is still early days and we wanted to get a MVP out the door, which I think you can agree targeting Google results is the best option to start with. With time, we will definitely look into supporting more search engines and then can hopefully cater to the more privacy-oriented folks!

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