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Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by joseda-hg »

amelius wrote: post #255
kristofferR wrote: post #208

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I'm not sure if it's a Norwegian law or an EU law, but companies here are forced to regularly send reminders that you are subscribed to them, I've gotten them from all the major streaming services I've subscribed to.

Huh, Norway is not in the EU.

They are part of the European Economic Area, which means they belong to the EU market and their regulations (without voting rights), but they get to keep controlling their fisheries

So, in this context, they might as well be

Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by kevincox »

frereubu wrote: post #290
pjm331 wrote: post #276

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Yeah that’s the only type of search that I always append the !g to

You can shorten that to !gm if you want to go straight to Google Maps.

Or just set up a browser search keyword/engine to go straight to Google Maps if that is what you want. I have Kagi as my default but have a small handful of keyword bookmarks set up for when I am making something that isn't a general web search. "m " for Google Maps, "i " for IMDB, "p " for Kagi image search, "d " for D&D Rules Search, you get the idea.

This way Kagi doesn't even see my query, I don't need to wait for the redirect, I get to set up the shortcuts myself and I can switch any of my search providers (even the default) without affecting my "bangs".

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Post by 369548684892826 »

omgitspavel wrote: post #288
catapart wrote: post #228

Posting for the unaware, without commentary on the content - just an FYI because it's something that matters to me, at least: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html

I also want to add that Kagi recently partnered with a Russian state-owned search engine Yandex: https://kagi.com/changelog#5340 . This means they are paying money to the Russian state through taxes and sharing my search queries with it. This was a critical issue for me, and it led me to stop using it and request a refund earlier this year.

Exactly, glad I'm not the only one!

Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by MostlyStable »

kristofferR wrote: post #205
billbrown wrote: post #183

For me (a multi-year paying subscriber), one of the many indications of Kagi's difference is a) that it has a changelog and b) that the changelog shows so much granular work. https://kagi.com/changelog

Not only that, but they also have an issue tracker/FR page [1] and a Discord server [2]. It feels way more human and less corporate than Google. [1] https://kagifeedback.org/ [2] https://kagi.com/discord

While this is true, it's one part of Kagi that I wouldn't expect to remain true if they every actually got mainstream success. That human/less corporate feel is less an effect of their mission goals than it is their very small size.

They may never become huge (they are explicitly building their business model such that it doesn't require growth to succeed), but if they ever do, they will be able to maintain their mission and goals, but they almost certainly won't be able to maintain that small, human feel.

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Post by toxik »

idiotsecant wrote: post #242
Derbasti wrote: post #229

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I finished my 30 day trial the other week, and went back to DDG. After a few days, I realized I didn't miss anything, so I'll happily stay with DDG. Perhaps I'm not a very discerning searcher. Most of my searches are bang-searches of Wikipedia or CPP or Python anyway. Still, I'd be fine with supporting a sustainable search engine. $10/more is a bit too steep for my liking, though, measured against the utility I get f…

10 dollars is like, a sandwich. Access to your search engine for a month is less useful than a sandwich?

It's a sandwich _subscription_. If you keep thinking like that, it's death by a thousand cuts.

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Post by jwe »

philwelch wrote: post #303
jwe wrote: post #221

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Same for me. I don't understand why they are not able to cleanly separate themselves from Yandex. Their explanations don't help me understand it but only serve as "we hear you and consciously decide to still fund a Russian company". If anybody reading this is willing to disabuse me of this I'll try to be open for a different perspective.

Did you type this comment on a device made in China?

After a quick internet search apparently Google produces Pixel phones mainly in Taiwan with additional processes happening in China and India. What is the point you are trying to make?

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Post by aaronbp »

nottorp wrote: post #264
idiotsecant wrote: post #242

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10 dollars is like, a sandwich. Access to your search engine for a month is less useful than a sandwich?

> 10 dollars is like, a sandwich In Silicon Valley? Does Kagi only want to sell to techbros?

$10 is a reasonable price for a sandwich in any decent sandwich shop in the US.

I live in Mississippi, crappiest economy in the nation. I assume people are thinking they meant the cost of a homemade bologna sandwich or something, otherwise this conversation is pretty absurd.

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