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tbh, these e-mails can also prompt unsubscribing. because then I actually remember that I am still subscribed to that thing.

by fl0id 2y ago

ldoughty 2y ago
Yet Kagi is one of the very very few services I've seen that sends a monthly reminder that they are ABOUT to charge you... And you have time to stop it. Typically I only ever see something like that with shipped goods where they might have to deal with a return + cancellation
- 7thaccount 2y ago
  That's really nice sounding and comforting. I've been a little on the fence, but Google has become such absolute garbage lately that I've had to frequently use Bing in order to find something that should be one of the first results. This may just be a better model.
  - thesuitonym 2y ago
    Kagi is so much better. You should just try one of the lower tier subscriptions for a while and see what it's like. Just for warning, you'll still want to use Google as a backup for hyper local results, but generally the experience with Kagi is much better.
    - pbronez 2y ago
      > you'll still want to use Google as a backup for hyper local results And can do so by adding !g to a Kagi query, just like on DDG. You know, I once ordered takeout from the other side of the country because I had too much privacy on my search engine...
      - magnusmundus 2y ago
        That's funny. I'm curious now, do you live in a microstate, or an island? Or was it a case of an overly eager delivery platform?
- FireBeyond 2y ago
  My favorite is that I've now had multiple services that don't warn you prior to renewing an annual subscription.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  Ben Thompson’s Stratechery subscription reminds you when there are about to charge you.
ghaff 2y ago
People also forget that they're subscribed to something (or that they signed up for emails either explicitly or implicitly), so they just report to Google (or whoever) as spam. I'm sure that's why I get a lot of email (mostly in my Gmail Promotions or Updates tabs that are from companies that scanned me at some event or whatever or I ordered something from.

tbh, these e-mails can also prompt unsubscribing. because then I actually remember that I am still subscribed to that thing.

by fl0id 2y ago

tbh, these e-mails can also prompt unsubscribing. because then I actually remember that I am still subscribed to that thing.

ldoughty 2y ago

Yet Kagi is one of the very very few services I've seen that sends a monthly reminder that they are ABOUT to charge you... And you have time to stop it. Typically I only ever see something like that with shipped goods where they might have to deal with a return + cancellation

7thaccount 2y ago
That's really nice sounding and comforting. I've been a little on the fence, but Google has become such absolute garbage lately that I've had to frequently use Bing in order to find something that should be one of the first results. This may just be a better model.
- thesuitonym 2y ago
  Kagi is so much better. You should just try one of the lower tier subscriptions for a while and see what it's like. Just for warning, you'll still want to use Google as a backup for hyper local results, but generally the experience with Kagi is much better.
  - pbronez 2y ago
    > you'll still want to use Google as a backup for hyper local results And can do so by adding !g to a Kagi query, just like on DDG. You know, I once ordered takeout from the other side of the country because I had too much privacy on my search engine...
    - magnusmundus 2y ago
      That's funny. I'm curious now, do you live in a microstate, or an island? Or was it a case of an overly eager delivery platform?
FireBeyond 2y ago
My favorite is that I've now had multiple services that don't warn you prior to renewing an annual subscription.
scarface_74 2y ago
Ben Thompson’s Stratechery subscription reminds you when there are about to charge you.

ghaff 2y ago

People also forget that they're subscribed to something (or that they signed up for emails either explicitly or implicitly), so they just report to Google (or whoever) as spam. I'm sure that's why I get a lot of email (mostly in my Gmail Promotions or Updates tabs that are from companies that scanned me at some event or whatever or I ordered something from.