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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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Downvote me into oblivion but Kagi ain't shit. It's a glorified Google frontend. The author is right that the web is filled with AI generated articles and fake reviews and lists but Kagi is not immune to this enshittification.
I even tried the same query the author was bitching about. Here is Kagi's first two links for top 10 air purifiers. Notice how the first result is a BS website called top10.com and the second one is one of the "fake review" websites .
And here is Google's. First result is Wirecutter, and this might be subjective but I trust Wirecutter reviews on most things.
Rest of the Google results are exactly what the author was mentioning. But Kagi was no different.
So $10/month to get the same shit? No thank you. I agree that Google turned to shit compared to what it was but it is still the best search engine out there. Now if the article was about privacy concerns then they would have a point. Which is what Kagi is all about anyway. So let's stop the fucking act.
I pay nothing for running SearXNG locally on my machine.
It's not even comparable in quality. It's like almost trolling to even suggest they are in the same league. If you don't want to spend 10 dollars, fine, but maybe stop pretending that your instance is somehow the best quality search engine that exists... :)
On top of that they're still paying using their time (and power).