Kagi has quickly grown into something of a household name within tech circles. From Hacker News and Lobsters to Reddit, the search provider seems to attract near-universal praise. Whenever the topic of search engines comes up, there’s an almost ritual rush to be the first to recommend Kagi, often followed by a chorus of replies echoing the endorsement.

Kagi has quickly grown into something of a household name within tech circles. From Hacker News and Lobsters to Reddit, the search provider seems to attract near-universal praise. Whenever the topic of search engines comes up, there’s an almost ritual rush to be the first to recommend Kagi, often followed by a chorus of replies echoing the endorsement.

  • hansolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    Tech people have zero idea what privacy is or should be, and desperately look for anything to make then feel elites. Paying for Kagi is a flex.

    Kagi is fine, but it certainly not magic.

    Qwant, Startpage, and SearXNG work well.

    Ecosia is DDG (which is Bing results) as a non-profit.

    Mojeek…ugh, you stupid but nice guy. You’ll get there one day.

        • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          I like it a lot, because it’s clean and lets me switch between the two indexes with one click, and it’s pretty fast and responsive. It’s been my main search while i was a mullvad client, and i dearly missed it after switching my VPN provider. I’m happy they decided to open it up for the public.

          • hansolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            I’ve been trying it out, and it’s solid. Startpage seems to get me where I need to go a bit quicker, but this is still a good backup and I’m thrilled to have another frontend for Brave search.

    • DrDystopia@lemy.lolEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Tech people have zero idea what privacy is or should be, and desperately look for anything to make then feel elites.

      What you’re describing are ‘idiots’ and they’re in the tech field as well as saturating every other aspect of life.

      Those with privacy systems truly worth flexing, won’t. So that excludes me as I don’t have any darknet only, privacy focused, self-hosted, deep encrypted systems at all.

      • hansolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
        51·
        6 days ago

        Sure, but tech bros manage to balance being idiots and influence pretty well. And for the most part, tech people prefer things that are both a money flex and perceived easing friction. Even even they don’t.

        Reading HN is a constant surprise at how willingly tech people willingly don’t hold back anything. It’s nuts.

        • DrDystopia@lemy.lolEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          Hmm, I’m not sure I consider tech bros, vibe coders and GUI dependents as tech people. The type of tech people I’m thinking of don’t seek to ease friction, they want to create a frictionless system.

          Because that’s what the average tech idiot need - To be able to show off to the average idiot.

          If idiots want to follow idiots, that’s a different issue.

    • bitwolf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Ecosia and Qwant I read are partnering to make a discrete search index.

      Although I don’t know the current status of the effort, it may not be Bing for much longer.