> pay $50/month in a heartbeat for access to a [...] Google type engine Never. And definitely not at USD 50 per month. That is a huge amount for this, although

> pay $50/month in a heartbeat for access to a [...] Google type engine Never. And definitely not at USD 50 per month. That is a huge amount for this, although I suspect you're a pretty rare customer and/or exaggerating. Broadband or Mobile service, Satellite TV, etc. all have packages that cost about this much. Even a magazine subscription is a fraction of this amount, Netflix is only about 5-10 dollars a month, isn't it? I could see people paying 10% of the Netflix (ad free TV) charge for an ad free search engine maybe so USD 0.50 to 1.00 per month, 1% of your suggestion...