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Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by parasti »

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.

This is a critical issue to pretty much every EU citizen.

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Post by temp0826 »

Kagi is something I want to use purely for their principles alone. But I still struggle to justify the cost. I'm not opposed to paying for anything- one (not directly, but comparable in my mind) service I pay for is NextDNS- if the cost were in that range it would be a complete no-brainer for me. I just hope the economies of scale can get there some day. (Keep it simple, don't add more cruft. The core product and idea is gold.)

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Post by GlacierFox »

mulmen wrote: post #284
nottorp wrote: post #264

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

How much can a bana- er, sandwich cost? I just checked McDonalds in my hometown in Idaho. A Big Mac is $5.99 for just the sandwich and $10.68 for a meal. A Double Quarter Pounder is $8.29 for just a sandwich. McDonalds is definitely on the cheap side so $10.00 seems like a reasonable estimate of “sandwich money”. No need to invoke tech bros or silicon valley. Certainly no need to invent a motive.

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Post by praisewhitey »

>I just tried searching for “expedited passport renewal” in Google and in Kagi. Kagi presents as its first response the US State Department’s “How to Get my U.S. Passport Fast” page. Google has that same link listed 7th

It's the first result on Duckduckgo.

Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by mhb »

noname120 wrote: post #137
mhb wrote: post #101

I know I can use !gm, but is there a way to just make Google Maps the default map provider?

I'm not entirely what you mean with “default map provider” but depending on what you need this may work for you: https://kagi.com/settings?p=redirects Edit: Ah I suppose that you meant the “Inline Maps”. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to change the provider, only to enable/disable the feature: https://kagi.com/settings?p=more_search

When I search for a city, along with the list of results, there is a map on the right. When I click on it, it doesn't go to Google Maps.

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Post by vincnetas »

bmacho wrote: post #292
scarface_74 wrote: post #285

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> will look into adding a workaround for this auto-renewal so that we can prevent that in the future for other users What more do you want? A user complained, they offered a refund and they said they would look into fixing it.

Automatic refund everyone involved?

so should they refund everyone who had free trial and started paying afterwards? what if they wanted to start paying?

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Post by dmje »

Of all the arguments, the “but it’s expensive” one is the one I really fail to parse. Search is probably the tool we all use day in and day out - it’s critical to everything we do both at work and at home. Paying for it is only a mind stretch because we’re so used to “free” but really, it’s nothing. Two coffees for a search that isn’t full of shit is an absolute no-brainer in my opinion.

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Post by speckx »

After using Kagi for two years now, I can't go back to Google or Bing. On principle, I pay for the Ultimate package because I desperately want there to be something besides Google and Bing.

Re: Try Switching to Kagi

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Post by inetknght »

entuno wrote: post #177
inetknght wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Normal users don't want to have to remember magic incantations to not have to sift through malicious "businesses".

Normal users also don't want to have to go through curating their own blacklist of sites to get decent results.

Sure, but given the shit state that Google is, I argue that normal users would rather have to curate their own blacklist a few times instead of being subjected to (at best) SEO spam or (worse) malicious websites.

That's why I use Kagi.

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Post by dhc02 »

speckx wrote: post #328

After using Kagi for two years now, I can't go back to Google or Bing. On principle, I pay for the Ultimate package because I desperately want there to be something besides Google and Bing.

That also is a factor in why I pay for more than I need. I want them to succeed.
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