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I'm currently paying for Kagi. It's nice. But, so far I feel like it may only be like 2% better than Google, probably not enough to keep me long term. A lot of

I'm currently paying for Kagi. It's nice. But, so far I feel like it may only be like 2% better than Google, probably not enough to keep me long term. A lot of times the results are better on Kagi than Google, but not by much. It makes sense they're similar since Kagi uses Google's index (among others).

sph 3y ago
> 2% better Not in my experience, and what about user tracking and pervasive advertising? You don't seem to include that in your comparison.
- hovering_nox 3y ago
  >user tracking You can use Google anonymously but you have to log in and leave your payment data with Kagi. EDIT: apparently they accept crypto
  - sph 3y ago
    Not very anonymous when 99% of websites on the internet use Google Analytics, so it's pretty easy to follow you around the web.
    - smoldesu 3y ago
      True, but a bit of a moot point if both search engines will indiscriminately route you to those websites anyways. It's not like I'm opting-out of that issue by using DuckDuckGo right now.
    - xigoi 3y ago
      Isn't Google Analytics blocked by pretty much any ad blocker?
- dot5xdev 3y ago
  Yeah, I'm strictly talking about search results. That's the main thing I care about. No ads is nice, but if I can't find information I need then that's not very useful to me.
- vunderba 3y ago
  personally I run Firefox + uBlock Origin + uBlacklist. This mean: - no ads - one click to permablock SEO spam sites from appearing in searches - minimal user tracking (not logged into a google account) Kagi would likely have a better value proposition if I did more searching on mobile though.
  - dot5xdev 3y ago
    Firefox on Android runs uBlock Origin. But no uBlacklist. Kagi does have that built in.
dpkirchner 3y ago
Being able to block domains (without an extension) makes Kagi at least 30% better on its own. Maybe more. It's absolutely a killer feature and one that Google themselves used to have.
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sph 3y ago

> 2% better Not in my experience, and what about user tracking and pervasive advertising? You don't seem to include that in your comparison.

hovering_nox 3y ago
>user tracking You can use Google anonymously but you have to log in and leave your payment data with Kagi. EDIT: apparently they accept crypto
- sph 3y ago
  Not very anonymous when 99% of websites on the internet use Google Analytics, so it's pretty easy to follow you around the web.
  - smoldesu 3y ago
    True, but a bit of a moot point if both search engines will indiscriminately route you to those websites anyways. It's not like I'm opting-out of that issue by using DuckDuckGo right now.
  - xigoi 3y ago
    Isn't Google Analytics blocked by pretty much any ad blocker?
dot5xdev 3y ago
Yeah, I'm strictly talking about search results. That's the main thing I care about. No ads is nice, but if I can't find information I need then that's not very useful to me.
vunderba 3y ago
personally I run Firefox + uBlock Origin + uBlacklist. This mean: - no ads - one click to permablock SEO spam sites from appearing in searches - minimal user tracking (not logged into a google account) Kagi would likely have a better value proposition if I did more searching on mobile though.
- dot5xdev 3y ago
  Firefox on Android runs uBlock Origin. But no uBlacklist. Kagi does have that built in.

dpkirchner 3y ago

Being able to block domains (without an extension) makes Kagi at least 30% better on its own. Maybe more. It's absolutely a killer feature and one that Google themselves used to have.

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