I currently use Startpage, but i’m wary of their Vanish AI. Or at least tired of seeing ads for it. I use Wiby and Marginalia already, but their indexes aren’t really broad enough for much of what i need.
I figure this is a good place to ask because nobody here is going to recommend anything with an Al overview or other such crap.
Looking at my browser history, what i search for is technical problems with Linux, linguistics, games i play, CAD, fonts, recipes, typography, all sorts of stuff. Hence the desire for a general purpose search engine.
So what do you folks use? Is it just noai.duckduckgo.com for everyone?
Do you have unlimited or starter? I feel like 300 searches a month is nothing. I’d be happy to pay $5 a month but $10 seems steep to me.
personally I mix using ddg with kagi for the “what’s the name of that website again?” or “where’s that place?” kind of searches that I do regularly and find I stay below the 300 searches easily. depends on your usage case ofc
I personally search over 20 times a day so I suggest using the free searches they give you then deciding whether the 10$ is worth it.
I would try the 300 and upgrade to unlimited if you hit the limit, personally.