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[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

The only downside? It's an American company.

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Another downside is that is costs $5 a month to useโ€ฆ

[โ€“] Tenderizer@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours 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).

[โ€“] Rexios@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 donโ€™t get me started on their โ€œ300 searches a monthโ€-bullshit. If I pay for 300 searches, I want my 300 searches. Regardless of how long it takes me to use it.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 18 hours ago

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

[โ€“] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours 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 donโ€™t get me started on their โ€œ300 searches a monthโ€-bullshit. If I pay for 300 searches, I want my 300 searches. Regardless of how long it takes me to use it.

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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.