Back to Kagi

Yesterday I re-subscribed to Kagi after a couple of months of trying out other search engines. Before that, I was alternating between Google and DuckDuckGo. And then have been Kagi user since 2021. And I have always appreciated its privacy-focused approach and the quality of its search results. However as I said in previous post, I left it and then I needed to find an alternative. I tried a few, but none of them were as good as Kagi. I even tried Google again, but it was a disaster. The results were terrible and the focus on things like AI, Videos and Images instead of the focusing on the text which is what I need in 99% of the cases. Most of time I used my custom configured SearxNG instance which I removed most of the engines that would make it take too long to return results. But the quality of both the results and the constant problems with rate-limiting made it a frustrating experience. I did try different search engines like DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, and Qwant, but none of them were able to match the quality and relevance of Kagi's results. I also missed Kagi summerize and translate features. And above all, my css custimization for Kagi was something I really liked and I missed it a lot and couldn't reproduce even with userscripts/userstyles on other search engines. Now as I'm back to Kagi, I feel relieved and happy to have found my way back to a search engine that truly meets my needs. The experience of trying out other search engines has reinforced my appreciation for Kagi's unique features and its commitment to user privacy. I also came back because the quality of the results is much better than any other search engine I tried. The well is aleady poisoned for me and I can't go back to Google or any other search engine that doesn't prioritize user privacy and quality results.