Google was built on a Grand Bargain with content creators: traffic for content. Now it wants content without giving traffic. It’s time for a post-Google internet.
While I do produce teaching material I do not put content on the web so in that sense this does not affect me. Further, I stopped using Google products (except Maps) years ago because I was fed up with its habit of killing products I found valuable, e.g., Picasa, iGoogle. Brave is a fine browser and DuckDuckGo protects searches while producing decent results (though it is not as good as it it used to be). Otherwise I tend to rely on Apple products but who knows for how long that company will be reliable?
I'm not a content creator, just an average user. Personally, I very much like the AI related improvements to Google search. I also like that I can then use the embedded Gemini prompt to drill down / refine my search. It is a HUGE time saver. As for the change in the bargain/agreement between Google and content creators, I imagine that will be litigated at some future point.
As for Kagi - sorry mate, not even close. Even if it was free (which it's not), I cannot imagine it will every be more than niche and likely will slowly wither as many others before it.
FWIW - I appreciate your position, but the average consumer is looking for what's easiest/best for them.
I'm sure a lot of people will like the one-stop information shopping (and actual shopping) that Google's changes will provide. I'm not sure Google's betrayal of the Grand Bargain will be litigated in a way that prevents content creators from going out of business on a massive scale.
Whether Kagi is niche or withering is entirely besides the point. My point is that if content creators who feel punched in the face by Google want to punch Google back, one thing is to replace Google in their daily use. Kagi is an alternative, and in my opinion a vastly superior Search engine to Google, which has been thoroughly enshittified over the past 14 years.
Yes, the average person is looking for what's easiest and best, and that doesn't always lead to ideal outcomes. In fact that's why we have an obesity epidemic and a dying planet.
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Alertmouse is a great alternative to Google alerts.
While I do produce teaching material I do not put content on the web so in that sense this does not affect me. Further, I stopped using Google products (except Maps) years ago because I was fed up with its habit of killing products I found valuable, e.g., Picasa, iGoogle. Brave is a fine browser and DuckDuckGo protects searches while producing decent results (though it is not as good as it it used to be). Otherwise I tend to rely on Apple products but who knows for how long that company will be reliable?
Yeah, I'm using Brave now.
Interesting angle. I never thought of it this way.
I'm not a content creator, just an average user. Personally, I very much like the AI related improvements to Google search. I also like that I can then use the embedded Gemini prompt to drill down / refine my search. It is a HUGE time saver. As for the change in the bargain/agreement between Google and content creators, I imagine that will be litigated at some future point.
As for Kagi - sorry mate, not even close. Even if it was free (which it's not), I cannot imagine it will every be more than niche and likely will slowly wither as many others before it.
FWIW - I appreciate your position, but the average consumer is looking for what's easiest/best for them.
I'm sure a lot of people will like the one-stop information shopping (and actual shopping) that Google's changes will provide. I'm not sure Google's betrayal of the Grand Bargain will be litigated in a way that prevents content creators from going out of business on a massive scale.
Whether Kagi is niche or withering is entirely besides the point. My point is that if content creators who feel punched in the face by Google want to punch Google back, one thing is to replace Google in their daily use. Kagi is an alternative, and in my opinion a vastly superior Search engine to Google, which has been thoroughly enshittified over the past 14 years.
Yes, the average person is looking for what's easiest and best, and that doesn't always lead to ideal outcomes. In fact that's why we have an obesity epidemic and a dying planet.