Kagi is a subscription-based search engine that argues that paying for search is a reasonable thing to do in order to avoid ads and companies selling your information. They also have lenses, e.g. for searching the fediverse specifically. Anyone that wants to share their experience of using Kagi?
Great write-up.
Despite my concerns, if I could purchase a subscription that was free of AI investment, I think I might.
Despite how pro-AI their ownership is, imo they have the least intrusive AI options of any search I’ve used, free or not
Thanks, you are definitely not alone there. I hope they make an offering like this soon as there is clearly demand for it.