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One subtle (but important) way Kagi has improved my life is that I'm less "on guard" with search results. It's not perfect but I know that I'm more likely to f
by sjs382 1y ago
One subtle (but important) way Kagi has improved my life is that I'm less "on guard" with search results.
It's not perfect but I know that I'm more likely to find a result that serves me, rather than a result that's optimizing for an algorithm. And if I do come across something spammy, I know that telling Kagi to adjust a site lower (or remove a site from results) is just 2 clicks away.
Even though it's a small thing, it's one I encountered with every Google search, manyamnymany times per day. Relieving that is worth more than $10/mo to me. I think that pricing is right, though—if it were more than $10/mo and I likely never would have tried it.
The only thing I use Google Search for now is hyperlocal stuff, mostly I expect to interact with Maps result. Kagi Maps isn't even close.
- theshrike79 1y agoNow that I think about it, this really summarises why I keep paying for Kagi. I can just search something, glance at the results and pick the one that seems the closest one to whatever I'm looking for. With Google, I have to first go "is this an ad pretending to be a search result?", then I need to spend more time looking that the domain and preview to see if it's some listicle crap or AI slop. Only then I can click the result.
- ramenbytes 1y agoI had to use Google in a library while printing datasheets and clicked the first relevant looking result out of habit, only to be taken to the wrong part page. Closer inspection of the search results showed the small faint print of "Sponsored". I had forgotten about that since moving to Kagi.