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"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ov (pluralistic.net)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Stract.com also looks promising.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

stract has same issue mentioned above where search engines are actually the only time i want data on me to be easily accessible. not being able to search "food near me" is frustrating, and no privacy-centered google alternative i've been happy with has had that feature. im fine with my location and other relevant metadata on me getting used in a search, as long as that metadata is in a black box restricted to me that doesn't create a profile for advertising companies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah that makes sense. My comment had more to do with the potential of a open source search engine/crawler than anything it currently does. Though I feel the optics feature might be able to account for that eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I put in the name of my home town and the first 2 links were escort sites offering ladies in that town... Seriously.

Not really impressed so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Promising, but not ready for primetime. I spent the last two days using it as my phone's default search after you mentioned it, and... well, I went back to Google, at least for now.