Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days?

https://lemmy.world/post/20657568

Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? - Lemmy.World

I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content. I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days

I’m very happy with kagi at the moment. Just crossed one year using it as my main search engine last week and don’t see why I would go back.

I don’t remember any specifics, but I think I heard there were some privacy concerns?

Then again, there seem to be privacy concerns about pretty much anything so might not be that bad…

Never heard any issues with Privacy, but I’ve heard issues about them using Brave search Results as part of their results.
If i remember right, it wasn’t just using brave, but including a referral id in brave searches. It wasn’t intended, and they fixed it, so all good with me.

The concerns are about the credit card you use to pay.

The argument is that they can associate the card with your searches.

As far as I know they don’t keep search data. I’m personally happy with them

I think this might be it. There were also some statements by the CEO I think which didn’t exactly inspire confidencenin their company - but again, I don’t remember the details unfortunately
That’s what’s kept me from using it, although I very much like the idea of paying for a good service. I would love to see them figure out a way to avoid accounts.
Yeah, lots of opinions, a few facts: one of the discussions.
The whole internet loves Kagi, a lovely paid search engine that can find things! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the CEO is an unhinged narcissist who will harangue you in email - Lemmy.World

It was not even the emails. I tried to duckgo it and only found this controversy (which was new to me). What I saw was a specific qute, possibly on topic of privacy or something adjecent which just made me go “nope!”