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I really love seeing this search engine grow and grow. It's just a fantastic search experience, much like Google in the early days before it became shit.

Everyone should at least try to set Kagi as default search for a while, to get back your private web searches and not help Google grow by selling your data to advertisers.

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[–] pixel@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Honestly I'd love to try kagi but it's so hard to de-googleify your life when you use Gmail and use an Android phone. Like, I'd like to, but it feels like such a pipe dream if I want to use tech I've grown accustomed to.

Especially bc kagi expects a subscription (it should, searching isn't cheap and I like not being the product) but when money is tight it's hard to justify paying for searching when Google and co are right there

[–] alex@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's easier to start with the small things, like moving to another email provider (I used mailo for a while, which is free and independent, that I really like), changing your search engine (DuckDuckGo is free and a great "gateway" in my opinion), and/or using alternative front-ends for Youtube videos (like Invidious). Once you get used to those, it's easier to see the value of de-googlifying other stuff! I still use Google Calendar and have an Android phone, but I don't use many other Google products anymore :)

[–] pixel@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Google is still scraping tremendous data from all of that, they're nefarious in that way, and it feels like a lost cause to some extent. The whole mobile ecosystem is dangerous and it worries me that legislation hasn't caught up. And migrating all that away from the convenience of Google is hard when you'd just leaned into that convenience for years

[–] Myro@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Came here because I just discovered Kagi. On the topic of de-googling, the effort is a fair point. Like the other poster said: Start small. A few months ago I moved away from Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar. After detailed research and trialing, I made the move - the practical part of it took actually surprisingly little time. I'm using Fastmail now, so at least that part Google now has only very limited access to. Might be doing the same with Kagi for search.

[–] Myro@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Came here because I just discovered Kagi. On the topic of de-googling, the effort is a fair point. Like the other poster said: Start small. A few months ago I moved away from Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar. After detailed research and trialing, I made the move - the practical part of it took actually surprisingly little time. I'm using Fastmail now, so at least that part Google now has only very limited access to. Might be doing the same with Kagi for search.

Edit: Look like sync won't let me reply to the right comment.

[–] Myro@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Came here because I just discovered Kagi. On the topic of de-googling, the effort is a fair point. Like the other poster said: Start small. A few months ago I moved away from Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar. After detailed research and trialing, I made the move - the practical part of it took actually surprisingly little time. I'm using Fastmail now, so at least that part Google now has only very limited access to. Might be doing the same with Kagi for search.

[–] alex@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just signed up for a trial account and it looks really good. Search in French is surprisingly decent compared to DuckDuckGo.

[–] Plume@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Right? I don't know why doctor goes struggle so much with French, it is impossible for me to get good results.

Oh et bonjour ! :3