I’m pretty sad these days when I see an issue marked as solved, but then when I get to the solution it just says “this comment has been deleted in objection to the API changes and Steve Huffman is a dirty little piss boy”. We’ve lost millions of hours worth of answers because of Reddit 's greed.
The best way to find information on the internet is to give up on Google and use Kagi. Add a question mark at the end of your search and it’ll summarize all of the top results for you, directly giving you the answer and saving you tons of time. They include sources if you want to dig deeper.
That’s understandable, but you’re nowhere near private with Google either. They definitely know who you are, even if you never log in. At least with Kagi they’re not logging everything and keeping a record of everything you do. They do have an option to enable history, but I have it turned off.
They do have an option to enable history, but I have it turned off.
Actually, that “setting” is there just for show. It can’t be turned on. Underneath the setting, it says
Currently this option can not be turned on. Kagi does not save any searches by default. In the future we may add features that will utilize your search history and then we will allow you to enable this.
it’ll summarize all of the top results for you, directly giving you the answer
This is literally what the Google AI thing that everyone has been mocking does. For example, it suggested gluing cheese onto a pizza because that was a highly up voted comment on the reddit thread that was the top search results.
Tbh I find it hard to believe that it’s actually better, knowing how many resources Google probably poured into getting the summaries right already. If the same amount of scrutiny were applied to Kagi’s summaries, people would probably find similarly embarrassing answers.
Perhaps, but it has worked well for me. Plus they have features to change your results to forums, listicles, and other formats, rather than having to add qualifiers to the search. You’d think Google’s general results would be better too, considering all their resources, but they’ve been trash for years now. They’re more focused on making every penny possible than producing good search results.
Sadly, their CEO is kind of a weirdo. There was a recent post chain on Mastodon I think where a user shared their disappointment with Kagi - had something to do with their not being as privacy-focused as they claimed they are - and the CEO just decided to keep sending unsolicited emails to the OP about this, trying to with them over with phone and video calls
I’m pretty sad these days when I see an issue marked as solved, but then when I get to the solution it just says “this comment has been deleted in objection to the API changes and Steve Huffman is a dirty little piss boy”. We’ve lost millions of hours worth of answers because of Reddit 's greed.
The best way to find information on the internet is to give up on Google and use Kagi. Add a question mark at the end of your search and it’ll summarize all of the top results for you, directly giving you the answer and saving you tons of time. They include sources if you want to dig deeper.
Only thing holding me back from Kagi is the impossibility of privacy and a credit card associated with my user.
That’s understandable, but you’re nowhere near private with Google either. They definitely know who you are, even if you never log in. At least with Kagi they’re not logging everything and keeping a record of everything you do. They do have an option to enable history, but I have it turned off.
Actually, that “setting” is there just for show. It can’t be turned on. Underneath the setting, it says
Any chance they accept gift cards or a temporary Visa you can charge up? If not, that would be a bummer.
For sure. They don’t care how the money arrives. Tell them whatever lies you need to tell them as long as the credit card number matches up.
This is literally what the Google AI thing that everyone has been mocking does. For example, it suggested gluing cheese onto a pizza because that was a highly up voted comment on the reddit thread that was the top search results.
Except the Kagi one actually works well and doesn’t tell you to drink glue.
Tbh I find it hard to believe that it’s actually better, knowing how many resources Google probably poured into getting the summaries right already. If the same amount of scrutiny were applied to Kagi’s summaries, people would probably find similarly embarrassing answers.
Perhaps, but it has worked well for me. Plus they have features to change your results to forums, listicles, and other formats, rather than having to add qualifiers to the search. You’d think Google’s general results would be better too, considering all their resources, but they’ve been trash for years now. They’re more focused on making every penny possible than producing good search results.
Sadly, their CEO is kind of a weirdo. There was a recent post chain on Mastodon I think where a user shared their disappointment with Kagi - had something to do with their not being as privacy-focused as they claimed they are - and the CEO just decided to keep sending unsolicited emails to the OP about this, trying to with them over with phone and video calls
I saw this too. Sadly I don’t remember where I saw it.
Bill Gates was a massive dick but people still use Windows.
Steve Jobs was a massive dick but people still use Apple.
Thomas Edison was a massive dick but people still use light bulbs.
People should disassociate creators and their products.