I am currently testing Kagi (they have a free tier limited to 100 search queries) and it’s the BEST.
I haven’t seen garbage AI or Reddit results in two days and actually find what I am looking for….
Going back to Google? - never, I’ll pay to use Kagi rather than subject myself to Googles AI garbage now after only two days.
I really don’t care to pay for access to a search engine that’s private, good results, no AI garbage results or reddit results….but you can say that you get what you pay for really…
It’s an insignificant amount of money considering some people spend a lot more than that in a day on a take away coffee….