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I pay for Kagi. The results are good oob and you can downrank/ban websites.
Same here. It's great easily being able to block those shitty github/stackoverflow scrapers like codegrepper, answeroverflow etc.
Holy shit, I've been wanting that for years. I'll have to check them out.
Edit: Aaaand they have a built in AI despite calling themselves "human-focussed". That's a turnoff. If I'm paying for a search engine, I'd prefer to have a subscription option with the AI stripped out so I'm not subsidizing it for others.
Plus, I'm thinking about it I'm not exactly on board with needing an account with a search engine. That makes it super easy to track you. Meanwhile, using noai.duckduckgo anonymously via a VPN is way more private
you might want to check ublacklist
Yeah, this fits the bill. Thanks!
https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html
Because it's a tool that can serve humans. Not strictly search-related, but their AI-based translation tool is genuinely great and very useful to me.
https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/ai-philosophy.html
You don't have to use built-in AI, it only triggers when you explicitly ask for it and you can completely disable it in the settings.
They also have anti-slop filters, BTW: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/slopstop.html
Finally, not sure what models the search summarizer and the translation tool use, but the assistant lets you use open weights model like Kimi, GLM, DeepSeek et. al.
I don't care. It's bundled in with even the basic plan, which means you're paying for it, even if you don't use it. And no, it's not magically better to use open models.
I don't get how this concept is so hard to understand.
1: I clearly established a boundary and you insisted on pushing it. Learn to take a fucking hint.
2: You know what's even better? Not using AI at all.
I feel bad for anyone you've ever had a relationship with. You act like an abuser.
Edit: Seriously? You downvoted all of my comments? You just keep getting more petty
Not all, only those where you behave like a rude comment gremlin. But looking over your comment history I see that you consider it normal to call other people morons off hand, so you likely fall into the terminally online category with whom it's impossible to have a conversation. So uhhh get ratioed, seek grass etc etc, I am not feeding you further.
In my experience, Kagi doesn't force AI down your throat. It only triggers an AI summary if you end your query with a "?", and it does seem to be summarization of the search results.
Also, as per Kagi's pricing page, there is a higher tier for people who want more AI features as you are suggesting.
All that being said, I use a Searxng instance 😅
I don't even want the fucking AI summaries. I don't get how that's so hard to understand.
The fact the AI is in even the basic plan means you're paying for it, regardless of whether you use it. I don't want AI, and I especially don't want to give money to one.