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Does this make sense? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by frengo@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'd like to get back to using Google as my search engine. I tried DDG, Startpage, Qwant, even Searx and while they're all pretty decent they all have their flaws, and unfortunaltely Google is still the most reliable. I use Firefox (Floorp) and i've found out an extension called Google Container. I have my VPN always on and Google always slaps me with that fucking captcha when i start a new session (i reset cookies and stuff on closing). Does keeping Google in the exceptions on closing (keeping data and stuff) and opening it in a container make sense?

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[–] peanutyam@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I am currently testing Kagi (they have a free tier limited to 100 search queries) and it’s the BEST.

I haven’t seen garbage AI or Reddit results in two days and actually find what I am looking for….

Going back to Google? - never, I’ll pay to use Kagi rather than subject myself to Googles AI garbage now after only two days.

[–] frengo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I checked Kagi and i was very curious but 5$ a month?? For a search engine? For a limited number of searches?

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Understandable, but I was sold on it after the free trial. I actually got the results I was looking for most of the time, and I love that you can block/demote/promote certain sites, as well as the search lenses as they call them.

The incognito search url is also practical, searching with Kagi from your incognito browser windows.

No ads, no personalized search bubble, ... Worth the money to me. Apparently much of that can also be achieved with SearXNG, according to what people say,but you tried that already.

[–] peanutyam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I really don’t care to pay for access to a search engine that’s private, good results, no AI garbage results or reddit results….but you can say that you get what you pay for really…

It’s an insignificant amount of money considering some people spend a lot more than that in a day on a take away coffee….