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Yesterday I paid for a year subscription of Kagi (@kagihq). I had been testing it for a few days and it reminds me of the olden days of Google.

Clean UI that gives me results at the top of the page.

Google has gone overboard with the ads and sponsored results cluttering the interface. Not to mention the AI overview at the top of each search.

#kagi#google#search

I've been slowly gravitating toward using AI instead of a search engine to perform web searches. After trying @kagihq for a week or so I realize that the LLMs were just making up for my poor search results. Kagi delivers what I'm searching for in the first or second search result pretty much every time. In fact, I'm having to retrain myself not to dismiss the first few results as being ads. Kagi also provides effective, intuitive tools to help zero-in on exactly what I am looking for. Truly a user-centric tool for privately searching, and well worth the reasonable monthly fee.

#kagi
#shamelessplug
#privacy
#qualityweb

Today my wife asked me to help - she couldn't log into my ChatGPT account anymore. (of course it's my account, I'm the family geek).

Turns out she entered ChatGPT as google search term, and the first hit was not ChatGPT but a sponsored link to a ChatGPT lookalike.

This is exactly why I moved from google to Kagi for web searches. And never looked back. Google has turned from a good search engine to a poor money-making mess.

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@arstechnica I'm not surprised, I've been assuming this for a while.
The problem is that all these AI companies just plug in a search engine and expected to work.
Most search engines these days suck, so if your base is bad, your results will be bad.

That's why I love @kagihq cause they're search first, AI second. They have a solid search engine, which then also makes the ai searching much better. WHO WOULD HAVE EXPECTED
#Kagi

This week in my search for a macOS+iOS alternative to Firefox I’m trying out Kagi’s Orion browser on macOS and iOS. It's WebKit based.

Pros: no telemetry (they say); built in ad and tracking blocking; can install Chrome and Firefox extensions; it can run uBlock Origin (even in iOS!).

Cons: not open source (their FAQ says they're "working on it”); requires iCloud for bookmark and tab syncing; WebKit.

Thoughts? #browsers #privacy #kagi #orion #OrionBrowser #macOS #iOS #WebKit

We are committed to surfacing content from the Small Web in our search results, which makes Kagi uniquely different to any other search engine out there.

It is not only part of our mission to humanize the web but we genuinely feel that this improves the quality of search results and discoverability of high quality, relevant content (created by humans!)

The price of everything

I used to think "free" search was a no-brainer. Then I realized how much of my data, time and attention I was handing over. 🤯 After having tested it for a week, I now use the paid search engine Kagi.com , and it's been a game-changer.

The level of digital tranquility that has followed is indescribable.

Finally, I feel like I'm in control of my online experience.

#Privacy #boycott #usa #EthicalTech #leavegoogle #OnlineFreedom #kagi.com #digitaltraquility