Yeah.
If Google released Google Premium - where teams of offshore workers deranked SEO spam junk - would you give them 99 cents a year to Stop The Madness?
This is that, except it’s a no name, and the cost is far more. But I’d consider the $0.99/yr.*
If that seems more sane… imagine you have plenty of disposable income so whatever the no-name charges is practically free for you. There has to be a market for it. But the resistance will certainly be immense.
* (I’d instantly pay DDG 99 cents for a year of provably better results, whereas I’d have to think about Google b/c they have too much power and it’s an uncomfortable endorsement.)
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Back to astroturfing…
Anytime Kagi is mentioned I suppose I’ll jump in and say they’re an oft-mentioned brand suspected by at least a handful of users to be astroturfing, although there’s no proof, and SearXNG is a popular non-commercial alternative. I wanted to throw Grasp in to give a commercial competitor a shout but they’ve “paused”.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I do. I use search basically every day and when I’m working I don’t want to waste a bunch of time digging through bullshit if I can help it. Google sucks, $10 a month for a better experience that both saves me time and helps get Google more out of my life is worth it to me.
Baines@lemmy.world 5 months ago
that reads like an ad so hard lol
jmanes@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I pay for Kagi and it works better than Google. Nobody is astroturfing for them, you’re just paranoid.
Baines@lemmy.world 5 months ago
sure bro sure