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Is it just me, or are search engines getting worse?
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this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
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It's been going downhill for about a decade in my experience. These companies put profits above their founding ideals. Google, bing, yandex and baidu are the only major search indexes out there, and they still use each other's data.
But for none of these companies search is a priority. It's just a means to an end. Google wants to sell you ads, bing wants to sell you ads, yandex and baidu are under the thumb of Russia and China.
It's unfortunate their goals and motivations aren't what they used to be. I explored alternatives. And although not perfect, I've got something decent now
What about Kagi? I know almost nothing about it but I heard good things about it on Lemmy. Is it just a paid, slightly better google?
A heck of a lot better than google. It's what I use