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0 pointssph2y ago0 comments

> 2% better

Not in my experience, and what about user tracking and pervasive advertising? You don't seem to include that in your comparison.

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hovering_nox2y ago

>user tracking

You can use Google anonymously but you have to log in and leave your payment data with Kagi.

EDIT: apparently they accept crypto

sphOP2y ago

Not very anonymous when 99% of websites on the internet use Google Analytics, so it's pretty easy to follow you around the web.

xigoi2y ago

Isn't Google Analytics blocked by pretty much any ad blocker?

smoldesu2y ago

True, but a bit of a moot point if both search engines will indiscriminately route you to those websites anyways. It's not like I'm opting-out of that issue by using DuckDuckGo right now.

dot5xdev2y ago

Yeah, I'm strictly talking about search results. That's the main thing I care about. No ads is nice, but if I can't find information I need then that's not very useful to me.

vunderba2y ago

personally I run Firefox + uBlock Origin + uBlacklist. This mean:

- no ads

- one click to permablock SEO spam sites from appearing in searches

- minimal user tracking (not logged into a google account)

Kagi would likely have a better value proposition if I did more searching on mobile though.

dot5xdev2y ago

Firefox on Android runs uBlock Origin. But no uBlacklist. Kagi does have that built in.

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hovering_nox2y ago

>user tracking

You can use Google anonymously but you have to log in and leave your payment data with Kagi.

EDIT: apparently they accept crypto

sphOP2y ago

Not very anonymous when 99% of websites on the internet use Google Analytics, so it's pretty easy to follow you around the web.

xigoi2y ago

Isn't Google Analytics blocked by pretty much any ad blocker?

smoldesu2y ago

True, but a bit of a moot point if both search engines will indiscriminately route you to those websites anyways. It's not like I'm opting-out of that issue by using DuckDuckGo right now.

dot5xdev2y ago

Yeah, I'm strictly talking about search results. That's the main thing I care about. No ads is nice, but if I can't find information I need then that's not very useful to me.

vunderba2y ago

personally I run Firefox + uBlock Origin + uBlacklist. This mean:

- no ads

- one click to permablock SEO spam sites from appearing in searches

- minimal user tracking (not logged into a google account)

Kagi would likely have a better value proposition if I did more searching on mobile though.

dot5xdev2y ago

Firefox on Android runs uBlock Origin. But no uBlacklist. Kagi does have that built in.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse