for me kagi started out as a few searches and compared between it, DDG and google. and then i ran out of free searches, so I gave them $5. and then i ran out

for me kagi started out as a few searches and compared between it, DDG and google. and then i ran out of free searches, so I gave them $5. and then i ran out of $5 worth of searches so i kept renewing, $5 more. And again, and again. At this point I had all my defaults set to kagi because I loved it. Just the fact there are no ads or sponsored leads and I can more-or-less kill webpages completely generated and SEO'd with LLMs, I can actually do research again. and then I became a full subscriber, with orion, blacklists, I use the quick answer (LLM) and small web searching fruitfully, and joined their discord. It's been a long time since I fell head over heels for a technology product, and this being something so core to how I use the internet, it's a godsend. Enjoying it at least until they decide money is nice and growth is imperative, they go public, and enshittifies.