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Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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Re: Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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I've been enjoying Kagi for the last couple years. Even as LLMs slurp up most of the internet and replace search I think Kagi is still useful. Reddit has recently blocked access to old reddit without an account and the ability to filter out stuff like that is useful.

I wish they put more effort into Kagi news. Feels very barebones but has a lot of potential.

What do you feel is missing for a free news offering?

I don’t personally like it all that much, because it feels like it’s missing the depth I like in well-written reporting, but for those who just want a quick overview of topics once a day, it seems to work pretty well, no?

Re: Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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Killer feature. It would be awesome to have some plugin or userscript to auto-swap the e-begging scammy link for an Archive link instead.

There is a regex replacement feature. You could build a list of known paywall domains to rewrite them to your desired paywall unblocker service.

Re: Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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Hmmm, so if you are looking for some news item, you'll only find AI-written clickbait articles covered in pop-up ads, rather than any news sites that employ journalists?

Yeah, I don’t get it. Do people want actual journalism to go out of business?

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Hmmm, so if you are looking for some news item, you'll only find AI-written clickbait articles covered in pop-up ads, rather than any news sites that employ journalists?

If you don’t intend to pay anyway, what’s the issue? This option just gives you the choice to hide paywall results.

Re: Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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Kagi, search engine that costs you to use has something against publishers who require a fee for their content. Interesting

It's not that they have anything against them, it's giving their customers who don't want to see them the choice not to.

Re: Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

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I would pay for Brave or Kagi for like $2-3 per month if one of them supported private payments(actually that's exactly what Brave costs).

Paying should get you more privacy not less.

I'm not paying for Kagi because it's expensive and also doesn't support private payments and Brave has better UI for me.

Brave blocks their own ads while not supporting private payments and it doesn't let you use the search premium in Vanadium, it seems, which makes me question whether my subscription would work cross device. Maybe it would but only in Brave browser.

>Support private, independent search

>See search results ad-free

>Get a cleaner view on all results pages

>Cancel any time

Brave should also add more perks like maybe a smarter AI overview or if they ever stop giving unlimited AI then you get some. At this point it seems like a donation.

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