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5 bucks a month for a search engine is ridiculous. 25 bucks a month for a search engine is mental institution worthy.
This is the reason why.
And duckduckgo is free. Its interesting that they don't make any comparisons to free privacy focused search engines. Cause they still don't have a compelling argument for me to use and pay for their search. But i aint no researcher so maybe it worth it then 🤷♂️
I mean, you have 100 queries free if you want to try.
Just really don't see the worth in trying it period. There are enough privacy focused free search engines that get me all the answers i need from a search already. I have no reason to want to invest more into it. And i think general public would see it the same way.
Kagi based on its features doesn't have a good enough value proposition for me to even want to try it out cause really what more are they offering?
it may be a good value proposition for people who lives revolve around searches and research but it ain't a need I have and unless ypur part of that group idk why youd want to pay for it.
And don't said ads. They are honestly laughable easy to get around still or even ignore.
How much do you figure it'd cost you to run your own, all-in?
Free considering duckduckgo covers almost all the same bases. I just don't think kagi has a compelling argument especially for the type of searching the average person does. Maybe if you have a career that revovles more around research.
Duckduckgo is not free. You pay for it by looking at ads. How much do you think it would cost you to run a service like Kagi locally?
Lmao i get ur point bud. But it seems you don't get mine? Plus really are ads the issue for you? Plenty of easy ways to never see them. Also their ad tradeoff for it being free is a better compromise to me than paying for a search engine.
I just think the idea of kagi is niche proposal considering the needs of most ppl from a search engine. I just don't think its the value proposition you are spouting but go off lol.
Where has anyone told you what search engine to use? I just wanna know where you get the idea that their pricing structure doesn't make sense.
Maybe if you read what i said you'll figure it out.