I’ll go first. I’ve used a lot of search engines, I used duckduckgo for quite some time but found their search results kinda bad. I’m currently using ecosia the search results are similar to ddg’s but at least I’m planting trees, so there’s that.

  • nullishcat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    Kagi. Yes, it’s paid and the pricing structure is really meh, but:

    • Actual privacy
    • No BS like with DDG
    • AI features (like a “quick answer” feature that’s really useful)
    • Has its own index along with others
    • Search results are great, probably better than DDG’s
    • “Lenses” (basically narrow results by a set of sites)
    • Devs are pretty cool
    • Rick@thesimplecorner.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      For some reason the thought of a paid search engine has never even crossed by mind before. I’ve been using DDG but this has peaked my curiosity. Thank you.

      Edit: The pricing is… very… meh.

    • Pumpkin@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t know it was privacy focused or that they were building their own index, that’s really cool. Do you think it’s worth the money?

      • zarquon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It’s only a few bucks a month. I think so.

        The only thing I don’t like is needing to be logged in to search. That always feels like a huge invasion of privacy. The at least claim that they don’t log search contents though

      • nullishcat@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Bit biased cause I’ve had it for a while and have a ‘legacy plan’. But even without that, absolutely.

    • DengueDucky@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I want to give it a try but it’s hard to justify the cost with limited searches. I don’t want to have to keep track of how many times I’ve searched or second guess if I “really need to search for that”.

    • pineapple@lemmy.pineapplemachine.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Kagi. Yes, it’s paid and the pricing structure is really meh, but:

      Huh. I hadn’t heard of this one before, but I think I’m going to have to try it out.

    • bit@kbin.social
      21·
      1 year ago

      Kagi is absolutely wonderful. Highly recommend giving it ago. Gives me better results than google while having a fair privacy policy

    • smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been using Kagi for a few months now and I love it. When I think about how much of my life revolves around accurate information, the price is negligible.