$25 per month for a service you use every day. Sounds fair. If you save 1-2 hours per month not having to use a search engine that tries to trip you, that's a

$25 per month for a service you use every day. Sounds fair. If you save 1-2 hours per month not having to use a search engine that tries to trip you, that's a net win. However, personally I use Google with a browser plugin that lets me hide unwanted results, and I find it works quite well. Although I don't do much elaborate searching using operators etc.