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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Can you elaborate on the business model of a search engine that has no ads?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The only business model that really works is charging people to use it, like Kagi is doing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

like Kagi is doing

I haven't seen much to suggest Kagi's results are better than Google's. But that's as much a function of time and horsepower as anything.

I would argue that the private model is what's fundamentally wrong with modern search. Nationalize Google and make it a public utility, like any public library or publicly financed research institution. Open up the front end source code and let people apply their own filters and modifications, rather than locking everything down to force feed you sponsored content.

That's the only real way to fix search.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, let's see how much worse corrupt bureaucrats can make this already rotten turd of a product!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Not trusting the EPA because Exxon has done such an awful job.

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