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cabbage@piefed.social 4 days agoYeah, this is not the case as they run on a subscription-based model.
I used Kagi for a while. I stopped because it’s prohibitively expensive, and rather than prioritizing lowering prices they kept giving me AI features I did not want at all - hell, it’s the kind of shit I was paying to get away from. Mix direct support for Russian companies into the mix, and you have an expensive AI fueled multi-purpose web monstrosity that supports war crimes. No thanks.
Their search results were good though. I wouldn’t mind supporting
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Why would you conclude that a subscription based model makes them immune from corrupt financial incentives? Quite the opposite. That’s my whole point.
DoPeopleLookHere@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You still haven’t explained the incentive, just postured that it must exist.
cabbage@piefed.social 3 days ago
Well, yeah, they’re run by a corporation, which I guess means they need to show infinite growth to return value to stockholders. If so they can keep growing on subscriptions for a while, but eventually they’ll turn on their customers. So fair enough.
I think that’s part of my problem with them honestly. They seem to always want to grow and do more, but I would rather have seen them focus on search and make the subscription more affordable. But as they need growth I guess that’s not possible.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“If you’re not paying, you are the product”
Nobody offers services for free, the money has to come from somewhere