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Separate the search engine from anything that stinks of advertising so it can return to what it’s supposed to do: return the most relevant results.
Because even appending udm=14 only gets rid of promoted links and in-page advertising, it does f**k-all to correct manipulated search results.
And chrome from everything else too
Chrome doesn't make any money. How is it supposed to support itself as a separate company?
It doesn't have to be free. People used to pay for licensed software with money instead of their private data. We can do that again, or there's still open source options like Firefox and it's derivatives.
even appending
udm=14
FYI all this is doing is going to the "Web" tab of the results. You can just click it instead of modifying the URL.
I guess where it'd be useful is modifying the search URL in your browser so that searches always add udm=14 by default.
Can you elaborate on the business model of a search engine that has no ads?
The only business model that really works is charging people to use it, like Kagi is doing.
I get the feeling a lot of people would complain about Google search doing that too.
Will the old method of breaking up a company work enough on modern tech companies? Will the 2nd best map software ever catch up in market share?
I think Apple could catch up.
If they forced them to split Waze off and make it independent again it probably could, it's probably the only non default app I see people use regularly
Oh, did they actually keep Waze? I assumed they bought it to kill it.
Still using it, so still going right now.
A tiny bandaid on the capitalism that's literally destroying the planet.
Now break up Coca-Cola, those tax dodging fucks.
Let's include the airlines in that too. Fuck em!
If you're angry at companies avoiding taxes, you should direct your anger towards the government. Companies that avoid taxes usually do so legally, either through loopholes or through intentional terms in the tax code. The fact that companies find ways to legally reduce their tax liability just means they've got good accountants that understand the tax laws.
"Kagi Search" looks cool. The examples of searches look far superior to even that of google.
But it's $5 per month. (No adds) Or $8 for couples. Even so I think I will try it. The search results look really good.
Has anyone here used Kagi Search?
I've been paying for it for a few months now, I like it. You do have to be a more deliberate in search results, especially if you're looking for location specific info, but that's how old Google was too anyway. The summerize site and fastGPT features can be pretty useful too.
Just a silly example, I was playing skyrim and wanted a duplicate item so I could display it, put in "skyrim console command to spawn item" and it spit out the console command perfectly
I've been using it for the last few months, and while it doesn't offer as many "nice to have" features as Google (like automatically finding mask results need in where you are), the core functionality works great, and the lack of ads is refreshing.
But it's $5 per month. (No adds)
The price seems reasonable IMO. Search engines are expensive to run, and I'm not sure they'd even be breaking even at the moment.
They have a "small web" search that searches through small sites like blogs, which I really like. Sometimes there's small sites that have great info but aren't ranked very high in Google due to all the SEO spam and Google's preference for major sites.
I use it now, and like it. Do you have any questions about it?
I wanted to like Kagi, but their Brave fiasco turned me off of them for good
Okay now do Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Blackrock, etc etc
