On 09/14/2024 10:24 AM, wes wrote:
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 6:10 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
On 09/14/2024 07:23 AM, Daniel Hückmann wrote:
Kagi. It's $5 - $10 a month, but you aren't the product. I switched last
year and never looked back.
I'm not opposed to a search engine being ad supported.
the problem with that is that supporting a service purely from ad revenue
is no longer possible.
That I've seen in the realm of email and USENET.
I don't recall ever using a "free" email provider.
I currently use both a paid and "free" USENET service.
the only reason that ever worked was by taking advantage of weaknesses in
user understanding of how web pages worked. they made ads look just like
search results so people would click on them unintentionally. as the
general populace has grown wiser to tricks like this, they fall for it
less, to the point where it now costs more to run the ad network than they
make from it.
the only way to avoid charging for a service is by selling your data. it's
so lucrative that there is more money to be made from it than by charging
for a service directly.
In any case their homepage is so disgusting that I'll not consider them.
Reminds me of old hamburger ad "Where's the beef". Its all their version
of visual "glitz" - without content.
judging a book by its cover.
As the saying goes "You have only one chance to make a first impression".
disregarding a direct report of personal experience.
Not really. He said he was a happy customer but did not say why.
Thus I did a DuckDuckGo search. I read the ~20 resulting site snippets
and visited the linked Wikipedia page. The comments were favorable but
didn't mention anything that got my attention.
site design is right in line with current design trends.
Major point against it!
I have vision and perception issues. Therefore I surf with JavaScript,
cookies, and some items SeaMonkey's Preferences menu allows me to ignore.
When using machine at public library, I've generally found sites that
don't display aren't worthwhile. YMMV ;/
-wes
