The Voyager app now defaults to lemmy.zip. I really like sh.itjust.works fwiw.

I still use https://lmgtfy.com/ as a public shame for anyone that can’t be arsed to put in a bit of effort to find something.

What I’m worried about are traditional indexers being intentionally nerfed, discontinued, or left unmaintained at best. I’ve often wondered what it would take to self host a personal indexer. I remember a time when search giant Alta Vista had a full text index of the then known internet on their DEC Alpha server(s).