I use it, but to be honest I did not do a comprehensive comparison. I like it mostly for the fine grained website control. For work and some personal stuff I often look for code and can push websites like GitHub to appear more often. Or I can block Pinterest in my search results. I tried to do this in SearXNG, but this was too much of a hassle so in a way I pay kagi for convenience. I recently got a new job and will evaluate in the coming months if it is still worth the money, but right now I am satisfied. Nobody else I know would pay for a search engine, so I can understand the stance, but I am really fed up with all the advertising and enshitification so I thought why not give it a try.
I didn’t get recommended it here, but elsewhere. I ended up paying for a years worth last year and yeah I like it better than pretty much everything else. There is still a rare occasion that I need to use Google, but that is maybe once a week whereas with DuckDuckGo it was multiple times per-day.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m almost convinced that Kagi comments on Lemmy are spam. Please prove me wrong:
Has anyone here tried Kagi because of a recommendation from here and, well, actually found it better than the rest?
Mkengine@feddit.de 1 month ago
I use it, but to be honest I did not do a comprehensive comparison. I like it mostly for the fine grained website control. For work and some personal stuff I often look for code and can push websites like GitHub to appear more often. Or I can block Pinterest in my search results. I tried to do this in SearXNG, but this was too much of a hassle so in a way I pay kagi for convenience. I recently got a new job and will evaluate in the coming months if it is still worth the money, but right now I am satisfied. Nobody else I know would pay for a search engine, so I can understand the stance, but I am really fed up with all the advertising and enshitification so I thought why not give it a try.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thank you for your insight. Much better than the usual, “oh yeah, Kagi is good. All praise Kagi!”
Your account makes it sound very appealing, so I’ll check Kagi out more closely.
jmanes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I didn’t get recommended it here, but elsewhere. I ended up paying for a years worth last year and yeah I like it better than pretty much everything else. There is still a rare occasion that I need to use Google, but that is maybe once a week whereas with DuckDuckGo it was multiple times per-day.
nitefox@sh.itjust.works [bot] 1 month ago
I did lol, why the hell would I recommend it otherwise?
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not directly saying that you’re doing this, but c’mon, you know the answer. Why would anyone recommend a paid product?
Nice! I didn’t know there was a trial. Good to know.
Oh, now we’re talking!! That’s very cool.
nitefox@sh.itjust.works [bot] 1 month ago
Cause the free alternatives are trash, so… it’s not like “free is better” is always true