I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

  • Hannes@feddit.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m very happy with kagi at the moment. Just crossed one year using it as my main search engine last week and don’t see why I would go back.

    • MTK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Having to signup and login to a search engines sounds like an annoying hassle

      • uzay@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        It is. And it’s also terrible for privacy, but people do it with google as well.

      • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Signing up and logging in isn’t a problem imo. I wouldn’t even mind if I had to pay for searches, but I’m not going to make it a subscription service. Unless they add an option to do something like buy 1000 searches that never expire, its not something I’d considered. I do think they beat out competitors like google with their results pretty consistently though based on the trial.

        • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          11 months ago

          I’m not gonna subscription my heated car seats but search is a service that costs an ongoing amount to provide. The subscription isn’t significant, it’s $5 a month for 300 searches (or $10 for unlimited).

          I know we’ve been conditioned to expect search for free, but if we want to get away from the “the user is the product” model then I think it’s a good thing to have a subscription to a service that has ongoing costs to provide.

    • Nite@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Same. Using Kagi feels like surfing the old web. The first thing I did was block all Pinterest results. That alone made every search golden. 😂

      • ownsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I hate Pinterest lol, best thing about Kagi is being able to block whole sites and it remembers your preferences. I may come back to Kagi but I didn’t feel like funding their AI features development. Now Im using Searx and 4get cause they’re free.