What paid software is absolutely worth the money? (lemmy.world)

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For me, that would be Secure CRT. I have yet to find a terminal emulator that matches its feature set. If you regularly manage hundreds of machines using various connection protocols (serial and ssh mostly in my case) It's worth the $$$, and so far there hasn't been any subscription nonsense. I liked using it at work so much I forked over the dough to have it at home.

None of the free alternatives do everything I need.

I'll also mention a few iOS apps. One is Sun Surveyor. It's an AR app that shows you the position of the sun, moon, and galactic center at any given time. The other would have to be Radarscope. It's a weather radar app, but it's a really good weather radar app.

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This one's debatable, but I use it all the time. Plasticity is 3D modelling software that attempts to bridge the gap between practical CAD programs and software meant for 3D artists like Blender. It's not cheap considering Blender is free, but it's buy once use forever, and at (I think) $150 it's within reach of an individual hobbyist who knows what they want and is willing to pay for it.

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[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

Kagi. Search that actually works, with no ads. Worth every penny.

[-] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Another happy Kagi user here, and I also hate sounding like a shill but I’m really so glad I use their product. Not having to parse through ads and AI slop when I’m busy and looking for info is so helpful when I’m trying to work.

[-] texture@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

how is it better than ddg? genuinely asking

[-] Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

DDG still does top ranking of advertisers even though they aren't directly targeted to you. Kagi puts the most relevant information to your search regardless to what it is you search. You're also able to uprank and downrank different sites you want to see more or less of in your searches. For example if you're someone who looks up a lot of medical terms for work or something you can completely block sites like WebMD from taking over the results making it harder to find more relevant information to it. Not my exact use case but have been a Kagi user for probably 8 months now and it's 100% worth it for the rankings as well as Kagi Translate since it has a proofread feature that replaces Grammarly for me as a dyslexic that has to write a lot of emails.

[-] Ok_imagination@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Why do I always see so many down votes when Kagi is mentioned?

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I think it might be one or both of:

people are sick of seeing it mentioned. I’m not a shill, I just really like the product.
they are indignant about Kagi occasionally using Yandex when it compiles search results

In both cases, meh. I’m answering the OP question with my opinion, and hopefully somebody finds it useful.

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Some people don't like the Dev also.

[-] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Also that Kagi is working alongside AI instead of resisting it. I'm not thrilled about that part either, but it's not a complete deal breaker for me since I can just choose not to use it.

[-] Ok_imagination@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks so much! I wouldn't have known about it had people not talked about it. It's only been a much or two since switching to kagi and I've been happy with it.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I didn't downvote, but probably because they're a young USA-based search engine that requires login to use - which is usually a huge red flag for privacy, and their privacy of user searches is claimed but has never been verified by any kind of audit - another significant red flag.

Why trust another for-profit Palo-Alto search company with your search data, assist their (potential) tracking by logging in, and pay for it in the process?

[-] BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'll be a lifer for Kagi. I still twitch my way to Google sometimes from a lifetime of habit and every time, it's like a little check-in, and I think, "oh, god, it can't have gotten this much worse since last time, can it?"

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Kagi is definitely worth it.

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