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What's your opinion? Does google really "not work" anymore? Are there any better search engines? Why did the quality of search results go down? I honestly stumbled onto this question through this music video, what is ironic in it's own way i feel...

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[–] aksdb@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also considered Kagi a bit and I think it might work if I start to change my search behavior. I got too used to abusing search engines as a quicker way to open websites (I could use bookmarks for that) or for bangs (I could use the browser itself for that).

If I managed to untrain myself from this and start using tools for their core-purpose, the limits of Kagi might indeed be more than enough. But currently I am too lazy for such a deep change in my daily workflows.

[–] asap@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If I managed to untrain myself from this and start using tools for their core-purpose, the limits of Kagi might indeed be more than enough. But currently I am too lazy for such a deep change in my daily workflows.

Exactly - exactly my problem. And why I'm probably going to reluctantly upgrade to the $25/mo unlimited. It just irks me that I feel like I'm getting ripped off :P

Imagine installing and opening a separate units conversions app just to find something that used to be an instant search away.

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Well for unit conversion I have a plugin for ulauncher. That is even quicker than having to alt+tab into the browser. So THAT particular problem isn't one of mine :-)