Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

Post by account42 » Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC

seviu wrote: post #125

vitally3643 wrote: post #27

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I've been a Kagi subscriber for several years now. If you're questioning the AI features, know that I am only barely aware they exist. I have never, not even once, accidentally or otherwise, engaged the AI features without going out of my way to do so. I've never seen what their AI is like. I have no idea what it's for or why I'd want it. It's beautiful. Kagi has AI I suppose, but it's over there and not in my face.…

The small thing that annoys me is that I am 100% sure somebody at Apple has a directive: never allow Kagi search integration. I am truly baffled (and annoyed) about this fact.

Post by account42 » Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC

SolarNet wrote: post #389

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I’ve seen this, but can’t understand it. - they issue you a code when you are logged in - they track that code for multiple use - all they can do is claim that the code was securely generated and it isn’t just an API KEY to your account… but they’re already telling you it is database tracked How can you have any even the 1/2 best proof it isn’t just an API KEY that directly links to your account? I see no trust path…

I mean its as private as VPNs are and people pay for those too.

Post by account42 » Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC

kurthr wrote: post #213

tsukikage wrote: post #41

You are the google search engine pre-2010, well before Google lost their "don't be evil" motto, made the first results page favour sponsors and added AI overview. You respond to a search query with a list of https:// URLs, each accompanied by a representative quote from the destination page that demonstrates the link's relevance to the query, and nothing else. The query is: We live in the dystopia we deserve. We have…

I had to laugh as I read this, but it feels so appropriate to the current state. I will say off topic that, speaking to an early googler, there is actually documentation of meetings where they discussed what "don't be evil" meant and decided actual business options they should and should not pursue. It was not just a motto or a "code of conduct", but meant as and used to justify consequential actions.

Post by account42 » Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC

rexpop wrote: post #331

tsukikage wrote: post #41

You are the google search engine pre-2010, well before Google lost their "don't be evil" motto, made the first results page favour sponsors and added AI overview. You respond to a search query with a list of https:// URLs, each accompanied by a representative quote from the destination page that demonstrates the link's relevance to the query, and nothing else. The query is: We live in the dystopia we deserve. We have…

> We live in the dystopia we deserve. We have built it with our own hands and it is here to stay. That's a bit unfair. Not all of us who live in it had a hand in building it. In fact, very few of us had the leverage to fight against it.

Post by troad » Wed, May 27, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC

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troad wrote: post #567

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The US attacks on Iran is a different event altogether from the Israeli genocide in Gaza. You're conflating discrete conflicts with different parties and different modes of engagement. The US attack on that school is atrocious and I condemn it. While possibly a war crime, it does not meet the definition of genocide, unlike Israel's conduct in Gaza, which certainly does. There's no evidence of recent US conduct amount…

I seem to be not getting my points across, so I'll stop here, only addressing the last one. Yeah, "the world" ignored killings of untold thousands of the brown and black children but is quick to condem the suffering of the white ones. See that even investigating the war crimes on the non-white people can get people in the deep trouble. Horrific but it's time for you to face the reality.