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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] hannesh93@feddit.org -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.nz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

Up to 300 searches. I'm not asking for free. Just for it to not be a subscription. Just sell me 300 searches.

[–] tk1ll3r@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 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.