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I tried it, paid for it, cancelled it. I tested it with the same queries with ddg, startpage, brave, and qwant via 4get. The results were essentially the same. Kagi did provide more context in the description of the results but it wasn't anything I would pay a premium for. the majority of features I just didn't use, the assistant and fastgpt were a waste, lenses were fine and having fediverse on by default is neat but nothing I'd call home about.

If it were cheaper sure, I might stick with it but I can't justify the price to anyone wanting to use a search engine. $5 for 300 searches a month is a joke. I also don't like the fact that if you want to pay with something other than a credit card (paypal, venmo, etc) you get charged extra cause Kagi doesn't want to eat the fees. Also there's zero option to opt out of paying for the "AI" features, you can turn them off sure...but you're still going to pay for them.

If your internet usage consists of constant searching and LLM use for searching then sure, you're going to be paying $10+ a month and be happy with it. But there was nothing Kagi offered that knocked my socks off. if anything, felt like I was getting scammed.

Up until a few weeks ago I was running my own private SearXNG instance and it's not just you, even I noticed on my OWN instance that it had progressively gotten worse. Initially it was great so I just left it be but then the performance and results just became horrible. It was hit or miss if the thing would even load or not when other instances on my server like my akkoma, piefed, redlib, forgejo, etc all ran smooth as silk.

Eventually I ditched SearXNG and switched to 4get which much better and faster results. thing never goes down and the search results have been fantastic.

the fact this guy made it to 84 is a crime in itself.

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you're 100% correct and I feel bad for those people but you know the saying "a few bad apples spoil the lot"

India has an ENTIRE industry whose sole purpose is to fake academic records and assist people in faking their student visa applications. That's on the Indian government that STILL hasn't cracked down on it similar to how they don't crack down heavily on online and phone scamming of western nations. So individuals who are seeking a better life outside of India need to first fix what's going on at home. And make no mistake it's not just fake visas and scamming there's also an entire outsourcing industry that they had propped up full of unqualified developers and engineers that western companies once outsourced to.

India, in more ways than one, needs to get their shit together in several ways be it culturally, financially, and politically. When the majority of the west looks at India and instantly thinks "scammers" that's not a good look. that does not build trust. And the hard working honest people of India suffer for it.

They've been poking the bear for a while now and the bear continues to sleep. It's either because a good chunk of Americans are wise to their scheme OR a good chunk of Americans are too lazy or afraid to do anything about it. ICE, deploying the National Guard to various places, political assassinations and attempts, potential hunger riots, etc, etc, etc and non of it has worked.

It'll be interesting to see exactly WHAT results in Americans saying "enough is enough" but at this point...I don't think there's anything that will do that.

it's so incredibly frustrating reading americans thoughts on this stuff. like you just stroll over to virtually any reddit thread regarding anything the administration is doing and it's always "this must be illegal" or "it's happening" and what have you. Like they still don't get it. "I can't believe they're doing what they said they were going to do, I hope someone stops them" - proceeds to keep doom scrolling.

And then you have the democrats that insist the system isn't broken, insist that if they continue to play by the rules than the other side will also eventually decide that the rules should be followed...no, that's not how this work. A cheater doesn't suddenly have a come to jesus moment and thinks "you know...I really shouldn't cheat anymore."

I love BallisticNG, brilliant game and if you're a fan of Wip3out (it's my favourite game series of all time personally) then you'll love this.

Also thanks to the modding community for this game you can literally get every single wip3out track and ship ever created and put into BallisticNG, that's worth the price alone.

Mike also teased that Scarleltt Johansson may or may not be involved in Cyberpunk 2.

it's always disappointing when people all about FOSS and shit suggest Proton to people looking to switch from google. no, don't do that. use Tuta or self host or ANYTHING other than Proton. it's such a shit company that does not deserve the praise they receive.

I mean I get it and I see your point - if you're going to get arrested/shot/killed anyways might as well go down guns blazing and hopefully taking a nazi with you.

The reality is americans don't want to do that. none are actually willing to die for their country.