cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1271267
What do you guys think about this? (Wasn't sure which community to post this in)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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Great, now Google gets fucked as well! Another win.
I don't think you understand, we are the ones who are getting fucked. Search results are getting worse and harder for you to find what you need with all the ads, fake news, sponsored sites, ai generated articles, etc.. Google doesn't care if you find high quality results, they will still gett traffic and their money because people won't just stop using it.
I've been hearing some good things about Kagi so i have been contemplating to try it.
It is subscription based but still;
If there is a service that serves me as a customer to better my experience using a search engine than I'll gladly pay for it.
I have been a Kagi subscriber for about a year and a half now. It is so much better than Google and DDG and everything else I've tried. It took a while for me to bite the bullet and pay, but now I'm paying for the year up front (for a nice discount, too). I would be very disappointed if I had to use another engine. They've even implemented a few feature requests I've had. That would never happen with Google.
With the rewrite rules, lenses, custom bangs, and domain raising/lowering, I get exactly what I need out of search.
It feels weird to pay at first, but it's a great service.