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Not all HN users are US tech employees though. How much US$25 is differs a lot.

• nottorp 3y ago
  2 Starbucks lattes i think? Elsewhere the lattes are much cheaper though. Common problem with a lot of SaaS offerings. I made a Kagi account when they had a free tier, thinking I'll test and then decide on paying or not. Then they dropped the free tier and with the # of trial searches limited, I'd need to make a conscious effort to use it to test instead of just trying it when DDG fails me, which was the initial plan. Somehow that's not very enticing. And I'm in the demographic that would indeed block pinterest and w3schools. It's just that my lattes aren't $12 each... Edit: Btw @freediver, you should turn this top blocked list into a public indepth report every 3 months or so. Just like Backblaze does that hard drive reliability thing. It would be great for your marketing.
  • o1y32 3y ago
    Not everyone has the same spending habits. I (in the US) happen to know that none of my colleagues buy Starbucks or any other shop coffee on a regular basis. Although we are paid a decent (although not high) salary and can easily afford this without thinking, I don't see people eagerly spend $25/month on this. Not to mention $25 is very different in other countries.
    • trubeliever 3y ago
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• suslik 3y ago
  Very few people actually need unlimited searches. I search things compulsively - for example, while searching for something related to language A, my mind makes me search for the same thing in languages B and C, what happened to the last duke of Brunswick, and where can I download the latest bonobo genome. When Kagi transitioned from unlimited plan to 1200 searches (later increased to 1500) for early adopters, I was certain this would bankrupt me, but I decided to try it out. Turns out, most of the time I somehow don't even hit that limit.