Would you pay $10/month for a search engine? Kagi...pay to search

[O³ (O cubed)]

The Verge now wants me to pay a subscription to read an article? fukk off

 

[B86]

That shyt definitely reads like an ad. Get that spam out of here

 

[TripleAgent]

Sounds great, but I'd backhand Brock Lesnar before I pay for a search engine

 

[PS5 Pro]

Sure google has degraded since forever...but never really had problems with ads, since I got adblockers out the ass, and privacy settings, etc. etc. Search results could be better, but they're still useful enough.

Don't know if I'd ever end up paying to search shyt.

I just hope google doesn't suddenly see this as a lucrative path and then start charging for "better" results.

I could see myself using it if I really wanted to find info that would be harder to find.
The internet can easily be manipulated by US, and people fail to connect the dots to the fact that if we can do it, then they BEEN DOING IT

I'll use this place as an example. When the Don't mean to brag but thread was Poppin, people here manipulated googles search engine to autofill "courtdog's mattress" as soon as you typed in the letters CO
nikkaZ had me higher than Colorado

As for the console wars, Sony has information hidden as in, information about shady practices over time no longer shows up on the first page
one example is when they lied about how many copies of Uncharted 3 they sold on day 1. I saved a link to a neogaf thread that went in on the subject and exposed Sony for lying.

Sony combined sales of the PS2 and the PS3 to reach its final PS3 numbers sold. Well known info at the time
None of that shyt comes up first page no matter how I ask the question. These are just some of the many things I've noticed over the years
And because of that,I have interest in this but only if I need to do some real research. Like on history/etc.

I would assume searching on the dark web would give similar results? (I wouldn't know)

 

[TripleAgent]

Trying the trial. It's very refreshing and bullshyt free. Someone should make an ad supported version, keep the ads reasonable (like a bar on the right 3rd of the screen, away from the search results) and cull users from Google/Bing.

 

[BBG]

I'll use this place as an example. When the Don't mean to brag but thread was Poppin, people here manipulated googles search engine to autofill "courtdog's mattress" as soon as you typed in the letters CO
nikkaZ had me higher than Colorado

Nah breh this took me out

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

I kid you not, I don't pay for ANY subscriptions. Not YouTube, not Spotify, not HBO, not anything. I am of the belief that media should be freely shared. I don't own any of this shyt, so why am I paying for it? One would argue access, sure, but if I know a lady that works at the movie theaters and she lets me in free all the time, is that also a moral dilemma?


I think the fukk not. Either find a way to close the loophole or accept that there will ALWAYS be people like me in a world of capitalism that chooses to buy things that make CENTS as opposed to paying for nonsense I can easily get for free.


I'm not even going to answer OP's question; you know where I stand.

THIS right here! The only subscription I have is for a lesser known music streaming service (not spotify, cobuz nor apple). The only reason for it is that for a mere $36 a year, I have unlmited access to FLAC file downloads of ANY album available on the platform (same shyt available on spotify). I use it to expand my lossless music collection. By the time they pull a song/album from streaming platforms, I already have it on my harddrive to listen to it whenever I want

Other than that, these platforms aint gettin a cent from me . I'll shamelessly torrent any show or movie I need to watch, and for youtube there are countless frontends that I use that are free of ads.

 

[Rice N Beans]

I'd rather they pay me for leeching the data.

I think The Bing Rewards program is still a thing.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Unpopular opinion: Google is all but useless now i still use it cause no other competition but its pretty horrible as a search engine now

 

[PS5 Pro]

Unpopular opinion: Google is all but useless now i still use it cause no other competition but its pretty horrible as a search engine now

Why did it's young get banned?

 

[The Pledge]

Why did it's young get banned?

I think he lost a ban bet

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/drake-5-a-m-in-toronto-reference-track-leaks.1075402/page-5#post-55267989

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[TripleAgent]

Why did it's young get banned?

Who cares? Celebrate one less fakkit