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The man who killed Google Search?

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1884 points elorant | 5 comments | 23 Apr 24 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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rrrix1 ◴[23 Apr 24 18:30 UTC] No.40135422[source]▶
It's April 23rd, 2024, and I am still looking for a good, reliable, honest and simple search engine.

All I want to do is search.

No AI.

No ads.

No shopping.

Please don't "Answer my question." I enjoy doing my own original research, thanks.

I'm entirely willing - wanting even - to pay for it.

Currently Kagi has my $, but I'm saddened and frustrated that they're not even focused on Search, they're focused on AI[1] and t-shirts.

Amazingly, in 2024, there is still a market opportunity for a good search engine.

It can't really just be me, can it?

[1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22kagi%22+%22ai%22

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1. dandy23 ◴[23 Apr 24 18:42 UTC] No.40135589[source]▶
Kagi is still a good search engine though. Hopefully they continue to improve that part too, even if they do AI stuff.
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2. bradleyankrom ◴[23 Apr 24 18:52 UTC] No.40135704[source]▶
Another upvote for Kagi. I've been using it for a few months and have been happy with the experience. They do have some AI features/interests, but I'm optimistic that the products they develop will serve me/users. So far, so good.
3. adishy ◴[23 Apr 24 19:05 UTC] No.40135876[source]▶
Yes, and it's possible to turn off the AI / automated summary features if you don't like them as well.
4. ametrau ◴[24 Apr 24 02:15 UTC] No.40139715[source]▶
the quality isn't great. They also have my money though because who else is there?
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5. dandy23 ◴[25 Apr 24 10:48 UTC] No.40155822[source]▶
I have not seen any ossues with results. I have found what I was looking for every time both around tech and general topics.