Comment by thisislife2
2 hours ago
> Layer 3: Paid, subscription-based search
Should actually be - Layer 3: Paid, ad-free, subscription-based search. (It's a subtle omission that indicates the direction Kagi search will eventually take).
2 hours ago
> Layer 3: Paid, subscription-based search
Should actually be - Layer 3: Paid, ad-free, subscription-based search. (It's a subtle omission that indicates the direction Kagi search will eventually take).
It does say ‘without selling your attention.’
This isn’t quite the same thing though.
I hope you are wrong, if not… wow.
TBH that sounds more creepy. It (sort of) rules out ads but not the stalking that is inherent in current adtech methods. I'm more bothered by the latter than the former.
Kagi has been pretty consistent about funding itself with paying users instead of ads. I, for one, am a paid user but would quit if there were ads injected, since not having them (and, more importantly, having result rankings corrupted by them) is the exact thing I'm paying for.
Another paying user here. Very happy with Kagi, but would cancel asap if there were ads. Don't mind paying more. I just don't want ads. But I cannot really imagine it, they would loose half their competitive advantage. (The other half being having good results)
For me it would probably mean to build a search from scratch. For 90% of my search use cases it's pretty straightforward. I mostly visit the same sites..