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Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by strogonoff »

freediver wrote: post #250
strogonoff wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the reply! My concern is with counting on people who do not search a lot to be a big part of your user base. Flat rate means those people might feel like they are overpaying, and if they leave you will start losing money on people who search a lot.

Being concerned is healthy, there are no worry free businesses.

There are no worry free businesses, but there are more and less sustainable business models and different attitudes to existential risk management.

Kagi at first seemed strategic with metered paid search, but choosing to go for growth and hoping most users will not search a lot feels like a downgrade from that.

Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by account42 »

lhnz wrote: post #114
aryonoco wrote: post #17

Every once in a while, I looked for an alternative to Google. I have given them all a go, but none of them stayed as my default for more than a few days. Until Kagi. I absolutely did not think I would pay for a search engine. Especially as I've recently been on a quest to cut every unnecessary subscription. YouTube Premium is gone (thanks to 83/% family plan price hike). Half of my dozen or so domains are gone... you…

I'm also a happy Kagi user. There are only two reasons I still visit Google: 1. I'm based in the UK and often it shows me shops based in the US high up within my search results. 2. Sometimes I specifically like to visit Google Shopping to find the lowest prices online for an item I'm trying to buy. Once Kagi has improved these two areas I'll have no reason at all to ever visit Google (other than Google Maps or Google…

1 sounds like a point in favor of Kagi to me. Can't stand Googles agressive IP-based localization.

Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by account42 »

tastyminerals2 wrote: post #15
throwaway81523 wrote: post #12

Kagi is ok but I don't understand the level of gushing over it that I see here. I got the 100 query free trial a few months ago and haven't used it up yet. So I'm not willing to buy a monthly subscription for something I'd rarely (won't say never) use. A flat $20 for 500 queries would be fine and might last me a year or so.

Just a couple of weeks ago, and this is a perfect moment to share, a colleague told me how he wanted to reschedule a flight and in a hurry clicked on one of the first Google provided links (ads) and got redirected to a scam site which was identical to the one his airline uses. In the end, he had to suspend his credit card and lost money. He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him. But you are righ…

> He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him.

This is a nonsense comparison as the Kagi fee is guaranteed while the loss from a scam is not.

Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by tastyminerals2 »

account42 wrote: post #253
tastyminerals2 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a couple of weeks ago, and this is a perfect moment to share, a colleague told me how he wanted to reschedule a flight and in a hurry clicked on one of the first Google provided links (ads) and got redirected to a scam site which was identical to the one his airline uses. In the end, he had to suspend his credit card and lost money. He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him. But you are righ…

> He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him. This is a nonsense comparison as the Kagi fee is guaranteed while the loss from a scam is not.

right, call it a yearly anti scam insurance :D

Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by carlosjobim »

account42 wrote: post #253
tastyminerals2 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a couple of weeks ago, and this is a perfect moment to share, a colleague told me how he wanted to reschedule a flight and in a hurry clicked on one of the first Google provided links (ads) and got redirected to a scam site which was identical to the one his airline uses. In the end, he had to suspend his credit card and lost money. He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him. But you are righ…

> He lost more than any of the Kagi billing plans would cost him. This is a nonsense comparison as the Kagi fee is guaranteed while the loss from a scam is not.

Google, Instagram and Facebook are so infested with scam ads that protecting yourself against those platforms is necessary. How is it possible that there is no lawsuit against all the rampant scam ads on these platforms? Alphabet's and Meta's main source of income in 2023 is blatant crimes.

Re: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

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Post by mroche »

freediver wrote: post #3
mroche wrote: post #2

If viewing this link in the future, either search for "Dec 7, 2023" or view this snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20231208050228/https://kagi.com/...

Or direct link https://kagifeedback.org/d/2654-dec-7-2023-paywalled-article...

I had no idea this existed, thanks for the tip!

https://kagifeedback.org/t/release-notes

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