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Why pay for a search engine

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162 points lr0 | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 03:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Toutouxc ◴[14 Oct 24 05:36 UTC] No.41834507[source]▶
Kagi is easily in the top tier of my subscriptions (along with JetBrains and my cloud backup provider), where if it were a local business, I'd go there to pay in person, and smile while doing it.

I feel respected as a customer and I feel like I'm getting great value from the service. A LLM-fueled storm might be brewing on the web, but I'm definitely riding into it with Kagi.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[14 Oct 24 05:40 UTC] No.41834523[source]▶
> Kagi is easily in the top tier of my subscriptions

Funny, in terms of (non-niche) brand loyalty and evangelism, I'd say it's up there for me with Apple and Delta.

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2. slau ◴[14 Oct 24 05:48 UTC] No.41834567[source]▶
I’d put it in the “I’m paying for this but I’m not sure the CEO will never make me regret that fact” category.

There’s been some… ego-fuelled decision making happening in Kagi’s communication.