@katzenberger @rysiek @MarkAssPandi All search engines make money from advertising. You just expect them to be 100% free to use and ad-free and cover their expenses how?
I don't think its unreasonable for Qwant to ask to show you ads, especially if they are implemented in a privacy-preserving non-tracking way. The alternative would be to pay a subscription for Qwant.
Elsewhere, Mojeek is nice, but they also introduced AI recently.
@matt @katzenberger @rysiek It would be nice to have paid service like Kagi but without AI and their take on brave ngl
@MarkAssPandi @rysiek @katzenberger
Someone should update the comparison table on Wikipedia to help people find a good search engine.
๐ด Google = AI / Ads / Tracking
๐ด Bing = AI / Ads / Tracking
๐ด Brave = Cryptocurrency / AI / Anti-LGBT*
๐ DuckDuckGo = Ads / AI
๐ Kagi = AI
๐ Mojeek = Ads / AI
๐ You.com = Ads / AI
๐ก Qwant = Ads
๐ก Startpage = Ads
๐ก Searx = Complicated
๐ข ???
* Brave CEO has previously financially supported anti-gay marriage law campaigns
@matt @MarkAssPandi @rysiek @katzenberger @svenja One thing I'm missing is a search engine that offers subscription.
I don't like subscriptions that much but for a search engine I think it's the most viable model if we want to avoid Ads and tracking. Someone has to pay to keep the lights on.
@xgebi I'm very happy paying for Kagi. With DDG I found myself reverting to Google often; with Kagi I donโt.
(I disable the "AI" by default but sometimes use it explicitly.)