I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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Kagi isn’t free

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If it’s free then you’re the product

And if you’re the product then there’s an interest to keep you on the site and show you ads which works best if the first result isn’t the correct one and you need to scroll or even go to page two

It’s literally the reason why Google got so much worse that they wanted to show more ads to users which wouldn’t work if the best result is always the first

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I’m a shitty product because I block any ad that tries to display on my browser.

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If you think paying means you aren’t still the product, I have news for you.

I don’t need my search history tied directly to a means of payment, and not because I search for illicit stuff, but because I don’t need an advertising profile built on me that is absolutely tied to me now, because I paid for it.

If Kagi doesn’t turn out to be selling that info in a year or two, I’ll eat a bug.

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I pay anonymously through crypto accounts. It’s easy and I can open new Kagi accounts if I want. I’m saving a beetle for you.

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Exactly. A paid search engine is a privacy nightmare, and you have zero guarantees that they don’t monetize you one way or another in addition to the subscription fee.

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The search problem is largely due to not being the actual customer.

Look at me. I’m the customer now.

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If I use ublock or whoogle I may not be customer. But the customer wont get anything from me anyway.

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And you won’t get good search results in exchange.

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Neither is beer

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