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The man who killed Google Search?

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1884 points elorant | 2 comments | 23 Apr 24 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. 1980phipsi ◴[23 Apr 24 18:58 UTC] No.40135773[source]▶
Here's my requirement: if I'm using a VPN, don't constantly ask me to do CAPTCHA.
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2. mtsr ◴[23 Apr 24 19:06 UTC] No.40135880[source]▶
I’m pretty sure that’s mostly down to who your VPN is having you share IPs with. It’s hard to limit unwanted traffic while not impacting regular VPN users.

More annoying to me is getting captchas constantly just for running a recursive dns resolver. That’s a normal piece of internet infrastructure and is well-behaved.