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I'm using DDG, but I'm not satisfied with it. The quality of answers is subpar and I find myself switching to google or LLMs when I'm researching some things where community opinion matter (for some reason reddit and forums are undervalued by DDG algorithm).

I could try daily driving alternatives, but I know I will be biased and it will noticably slow down my workflows.

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[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Kagi in my experience is the best, but $$

Brave is a close second, but crypto bro

SearXNG is great, but only if you self host to avoid throttling

Most of the rest use Bing under the hood so they're all about the same

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kagi is worth every penny. Superb results.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

10€/mo for unlimited searches is a bit too high. They could lower the price by selling the AI features under an additional subscription.

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I guess I'd have to check my habits but I bet 300 searches would easily last me a month. Half of my "searches" are me just going to look up the thing on Wikipedia anyhow. If you're using web search professionally though, I can see 300 barely lasting a couple days.

I'm not sure how to feel about an AI heavy service talking about privacy. They feel mutually exclusive to me.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 9 points 21 hours ago

That's way too much for a search engine for personal use IMO

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean I certainly wouldn't mind paying less, but it is something I use every day, I get way more value out of my Kagi subscription than literally any other subscription I have except maybe Home Assistant.

I haven't tried it so I can't speak to the value proposition but Uruky is the new competition, weighing in at half the price: https://uruky.com/

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 5 points 20 hours ago

first time i'm hearing about uruky. this policy in their main page is very interesting

True ownership and validation After 12 months as a paying customer, you get a copy of the source code.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 5 points 1 day ago

I have tried Uruky, it is nowhere near as polished or good as Kagi, but at least it is european.

If the search index gets better, I could consider it. But at the moment the european search engines and the european search index it uses are not good enough for daily use, at least for me.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough; I respect that. But I’d pay twice as much if they asked, because I value it so much. Not just the results, but the dedication to keeping the results uncluttered without forcing advertising or selling my eyes to advertisers. I dig it.

Like sending Wikimedia money every time they ask; worth it.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 21 hours ago

They have a plan for $25 if you want to pay them twice as much 😋

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 21 hours ago

Do you need unlimited searches? You get 300 searches a month for $5.

Plus it's 10% off if you pay annually.

[–] iceberg314@slrpnk.net 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What's the connection between Brave and crypto?

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 7 points 15 hours ago

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/

Take your pick, there's probably a zillion other articles like this, but the jist is a long history of scummy behavior.

Crypto specifically: BAT, their crypto tokens, and highjacking crypto referral links.