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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (35 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I don't remember any specifics, but I think I heard there were some privacy concerns?

Then again, there seem to be privacy concerns about pretty much anything so might not be that bad...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The concerns are about the credit card you use to pay.

The argument is that they can associate the card with your searches.

As far as I know they don't keep search data. I'm personally happy with them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's what's kept me from using it, although I very much like the idea of paying for a good service. I would love to see them figure out a way to avoid accounts.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I think this might be it. There were also some statements by the CEO I think which didn't exactly inspire confidencenin their company - but again, I don't remember the details unfortunately

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