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In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened.

My browser is configured against tracking and fingerprinting (in fact all my devices are) which would make it fairly difficult to retain any data unless they are profiling me.

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[–] devbo@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (7 children)

great. i finally get off google and now duckduckgo is bad. i hate the internet.

[–] solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kagi was my favorite but their pricing model is a little too high still. If it was $5 for 500 searches I would do that but the unlimited for $10 is just a bit too high for me.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago

I get that not everyone has extra cash to spend. I'm very fortunate to be able to throw $10 at a problem. I don't begrudge you if you need to save cash (I have no kids to raise, for example). But I think $10 is fair if you search a bunch. Maybe I'm overvaluing it; I have heard great things about Kagi, but I'm still fucking around on Google cause it's "good enough," even though it's in great decline. Fuck it, I'm a hypocrite.

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