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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[–] MSids 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure I'm ready to pay for search especially not at $5-10/mo.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. Like $1.99 or $2.99 I can easily justify but $5/mo for only 300 searches feels too steep to me reguardless of result quality. I'll just go through the other pages of results from any other search engine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$10 gets you unlimited searches now. Idk about you, but I was continually frustrated with the results from all of the other search engines. I figured $10 is a small cost for my sanity, and privacy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you're not spending some money then you're not the customer, you're the product. Would you really prefer the web continue to be supported by ads and people who sell data about you?

[–] ArdMacha 3 points 1 year ago

That statement didn't give you the money to pay for it though

[–] blurg 3 points 1 year ago

If you’re not spending some money then you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

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