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Fellow kagi user here. I have been very happy with the service so far. Switched over to it when they announced their new pricing model a little while ago. It is

Fellow kagi user here. I have been very happy with the service so far. Switched over to it when they announced their new pricing model a little while ago. It is more than worth the cost. Even without tweaking, the quality of results is far higher than what I had gotten used to getting from DDG or DDG with !g. The ability to rank domains is amazing though.

FergusArgyll 3y ago
Every time I see someone talk about this feature on HN (almost every day) I get jealous, it's such a good idea. When I'm searching (on google) I'm always thinking; when I get Kagi I'm gonna downrank this site, uprank that one etc.
- alabhyajindal 3y ago
  I'm curious, why haven't you switched to Kagi yet?
  - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
    For me… I don’t want my search tied to my credit card. I go through lengths to keep my digital and analog domains as separate as possible.
    - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > don’t want my search tied to my credit card Pay with Bitcoin [1]. [1] https://blog.kagi.com/accepting-paypal-bitcoin https://blog.kagi.com/accepting-paypal-bitcoin
      - pants2 3y ago
        Bitcoin is such a bad payment method, even with Lightning network, because you need to buy a volatile asset and payment processors typically charge huge fees to receive BTC payments. If Kagi supported USDC I would definitely use it.
    - barbazoo 3y ago
      Could you use a prepaid debit card or is that? And what other search engine do you use and what makes you think they don't know who you are?
      - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        I primarily use DuckDuckGo go. I use account containers. I use a VPN. I’m not letting perfect be the enemy of good.
    - akaralar 3y ago
      They don’t keep a record of your searches, so technically your searches aren’t connected to your card.
      - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        How subtle is the wink supposed to be in their or your statement?
        akaralar 3y ago
        I didn't mean it in an ironic way if that's what you're referring to. I interpreted your statement to say "I don't want my search history connected to my credit card.", sorry if I misunderstood what you said. If what you mean is you don't believe they are not connected to your account, I can point you to the FAQ entry on their website. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#what-data-does-kagi-collect https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#what-data-does-kagi-...
        SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        Ah, right… Well, if it’s on their website!
  - FergusArgyll 3y ago
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- eviks 3y ago
  Good idea indeed, though you could block some sites (on any search engine) with a browser script
pants2 3y ago
Kagi has improved immensely and I no longer ever feel the need to check Google against it. It's a great product that I am more than happy to pay $10/mo I'm so happy that their new pricing scheme has done away with search quotas. Their claim that the average user does 100 searches a month seems absurdly low. I would blow through my 300 search quota in a few days.
- AlotOfReading 3y ago
  I average about 60/day since the pricing update. Fewer than I expected, but enough to hit the quota in under a week.

FergusArgyll 3y ago

Every time I see someone talk about this feature on HN (almost every day) I get jealous, it's such a good idea. When I'm searching (on google) I'm always thinking; when I get Kagi I'm gonna downrank this site, uprank that one etc.

alabhyajindal 3y ago
I'm curious, why haven't you switched to Kagi yet?
- SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
  For me… I don’t want my search tied to my credit card. I go through lengths to keep my digital and analog domains as separate as possible.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > don’t want my search tied to my credit card Pay with Bitcoin [1]. [1] https://blog.kagi.com/accepting-paypal-bitcoin https://blog.kagi.com/accepting-paypal-bitcoin
    - pants2 3y ago
      Bitcoin is such a bad payment method, even with Lightning network, because you need to buy a volatile asset and payment processors typically charge huge fees to receive BTC payments. If Kagi supported USDC I would definitely use it.
  - barbazoo 3y ago
    Could you use a prepaid debit card or is that? And what other search engine do you use and what makes you think they don't know who you are?
    - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
      I primarily use DuckDuckGo go. I use account containers. I use a VPN. I’m not letting perfect be the enemy of good.
  - akaralar 3y ago
    They don’t keep a record of your searches, so technically your searches aren’t connected to your card.
    - SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
      How subtle is the wink supposed to be in their or your statement?
      - akaralar 3y ago
        I didn't mean it in an ironic way if that's what you're referring to. I interpreted your statement to say "I don't want my search history connected to my credit card.", sorry if I misunderstood what you said. If what you mean is you don't believe they are not connected to your account, I can point you to the FAQ entry on their website. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#what-data-does-kagi-collect https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#what-data-does-kagi-...
        SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        Ah, right… Well, if it’s on their website!
- FergusArgyll 3y ago
  $
eviks 3y ago
Good idea indeed, though you could block some sites (on any search engine) with a browser script

pants2 3y ago

Kagi has improved immensely and I no longer ever feel the need to check Google against it. It's a great product that I am more than happy to pay $10/mo I'm so happy that their new pricing scheme has done away with search quotas. Their claim that the average user does 100 searches a month seems absurdly low. I would blow through my 300 search quota in a few days.

AlotOfReading 3y ago
I average about 60/day since the pricing update. Fewer than I expected, but enough to hit the quota in under a week.