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I get where you’re coming from but $60/year is not a large cost for the majority of people in developed countries imo.
Privacy is one aspect but also consider the time spent wading through AI slop and marketing bullshit when trying to find pertinent information.
$5 is a very low cost per month in any developed nation all things considered. It’s disingenuous to say otherwise.
$60 per year to search something is too much. But, the price of all tech is too high. It has never properly been structured and companies charge what they want.
$60 per year might be 'nothing' to you, but not all people in every developed nation would agree. ~~Many could feed 3 families or more on that for a month.~~ Edited because my brain exited for a minute.
Developed nation or not, the pricing structure of tech that has driven up the cost of everything around the world needs to be reigned in.
I could use:
And many more. So how is Kagi "Starter" worth $5 per month + sales tax and limited to 300 searches (Advertised as "Enough searches to get you going").
That argument could be repeated (and they hope it will be) as to why the 'professional' ($10 per month + tax) or 'ultimate' ($25 per month + tax) are better. Effectively saying that the $5 per month is barely worth paying for.
That pricing scheme broken out makes more sense in the context now. I don’t have it but was more pointing out the cost at face value.
I agree with many points you’ve made but feeding 3 families on $5/month? Assuming USD… there’s no fucking way lol.
Even if we’re talking $60/month. Break it down to $20/month per family, $5 per week? There is zero way this math makes sense. Even $5 worth of beans and lentils alone would not cover a single family when you consider that there are other things needed to not lead to a nutritional deficit.
Lol.
I agree. I don't know what way my head was thinking. I was thinking of the $60. $20 per month is doable, especially to those that have no other choice, but admittedly it would be a stretch. But the point is the pricing (not just for kagi).