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Your guide to finding a new Search Engine service and supporting European companies! (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I wish Kagi was not American. I was pretty happy with it until America became a thread

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Me too. Kagi is the best of them all, including Google.

The only downside? It's an American company.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Another downside is that is costs $5 a month to use…

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I'm okay with forsaking one avocado toast a month for a search engine that actually works, but if I don't feel good about where my money goes then I'm signficantly less willing.

I like spending money on the things I use. The status of paying customer is an enviable position (minus the paying part).

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

How terrible that you have to pay for a product you use

No one wanting to pay for anything is what got us into this mess in the first place

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I was thinking about the aspect of privacy. Not only do you need a user, you also have to give them your payment details.

And don’t get me started on their “300 searches a month”-bullshit. If I pay for 300 searches, I want my 300 searches. Regardless of how long it takes me to use it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You can sign up to Kagi and pay anonymously, they state how to do it in their FAQ's.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I was thinking about the aspect of privacy. Not only do you need a user, you also have to give them your payment details.

Kagi has established Privacy Pass which perfectly meets the need of balancing paid search with privacy. If you have a better fix I'm sure they'd love to hear about it on their feedback forum.

And don’t get me started on their “300 searches a month”-bullshit. If I pay for 300 searches, I want my 300 searches. Regardless of how long it takes me to use it.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As a someone who averages >1000 searches/month, I burned through the 300/month tier pretty quickly. They're kind enough to credit you if you don't use their service in a given month, which is already uncommon in the subscription business model.

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