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      I used them for a while as well. Their search was good, and their auto-generated answers they provided was very decent. I loved the idea of non-ad supported search. For me, their problem was their value proposition. You could use search for free, but you have to pay them if you want them to index your github/dropbox/etc accounts, so they could be searchable from the same searchbox. I had no need to have any private accounts searched, so never needed those licensed features.

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    I’ve heard good things about Kagi, but I can’t justify the cost (especially as its USD)

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    I was a Neeva user. It was good, but no better than DDG. Google is so bad these days that it isn’t much better than DDG, aside from regional things

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      I just use DDG, and I was told in a different post that it fetches results through Bing.

      Much like what you said, Google is better than other engines with regional results being a non-US person.

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    Google is still the GOAT for very specific questions. Like “docker network bridge partial packet loss” , throw it into bing/dfg/qwang and you just end up with “what is a network bridge in docker”

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        This is the second time I’ve seen Kagi referenced with their summariser. It looks super useful, and the fact their summary references their points is just spectacular.

        My only concern is around running out of searches with their basic plan.

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        Results from StackOverflow is easy mode, what makes Google special is that it digs deep into every niche forum out there, it’s search index is far bigger and more up to date than anything else.

        Basically, when you don’t find something on Google, there is a good chance there is nothing out there to answer your question. Meanwhile if you don’t find something on Bing (which is behind most alternative search engines), there is a good chance you’ll find results on Google.

        That’s really the crux of it, there isn’t really anything the alternatives are better at, they are just Google-clones that perform worse, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. There is almost nothing that sets them apart.