• Joanie Parker
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    10 months ago

    Started paying for Kagi. I’m done with Google or Bing.

      • ripcord
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        10 months ago

        It uses a whole bunch of potential sources. It is not a front-end for Bing like, say, DuckDuckGo.

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          10 months ago

          If that’s the case, why not use searx? I could only see myself using a paid search engine if

          1. It demonstrably returned results relevant to my search more accurately than their competitors

          2. It was well documented that they respected my privacy and how

          3. It showed me no advertisements

          4. It doesn’t utilize SEO marketing tactics to adjust its search results

          5. It supported !bangs for very fast searching of specific websites and/or other search engines

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            10 months ago

            I don’t know about #2, but the other 4 are true. #1 may be somewhat subjective but in my experience it is certainly true.

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      10 months ago

      What about Firefox? Can’t say that I’ve ever heard of Kagi myself, what makes it so special?

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        10 months ago

        Well I guess the main difference would be that Firefox is a web browser not a search engine lmao. Fuck kagi though, CEO/owner is an antisocial lunatic

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          10 months ago

          That describes most CEOs.

          Most are smart enough to hide it.

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            10 months ago

            Clinically antisocial, not introverted. Nothing wrong with it necessarily, but it can lead to some negative outcomes for sure.