I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed it. It looks like Kagi has added Fediverse Forums as a default Web search option.

    • denshi@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      https://metager.org/ is run by a German non-profit. Since late last year it’s pay to use because their advertising partner (Yahoo) cancelled their contract without warning. But it’s cheaper than Kagi. Also the non-profit is part of the project that’s building the European OpenWebIndex ( https://ows.eu/ ) that’s releasing this year.

      • Shrouded0603@feddit.orgEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I used it a Little before it became to pay use and I was honestly impressed by search results (I was used to ddg, ecosia and qwant atp and mainly use ddg)

          • _pete_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            They’re all based on others indexes to be honest so there isn’t really one.

            DuckDuckGo is Bing, Startpage is Google, Kagi is seemingly a mishmash of a bunch of search engines (including the Russian owned Yandex) Brave is independent but owned and run by assholes so that isn’t much better.

            Personally I like Kagi enough and it’s independent enough for me to pay for it.

            • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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              8 months ago

              That’s the problem, really. They all have pros and cons.

              Kagi is American, so they are out for me. So is DuckDuckGo.

              I don’t care if startpage uses the Google index, since Google isn’t profiting from my data or from ads.

              Their servers are in the EU, and the balance between privacy and usable results is good enough.

              I see it like using a third-party front end for YouTube. All of the benefits with none of the risks or private data theft.