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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by chii on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:43AM (#31422666)
> How can we fund meaningful search divorced from an ad business?

The only way you have not listed is gov't funding. And i dont think i would trust a gov't run search engine either. May be a well meaning librarian institution could make it work.

> I'm quite sure a subscription model would fail.

this hasn't really been tried yet - it could work, who knows?

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by bkobren on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:36AM (#31423301)
Hi there, you should give Neeva a try. Disclosure, I work for them, but we were the first to introduce a subscription, interest/growth has been really strong so far. Neeva offers a freemium model (free basic and premium for $5/Month which includes paid versions of VPN and a password manager), you can connect third party apps like dropbox and email putting all your personal docs in one search along with websearch, both versions are ad-free and private, it's available to anyone in U.S. and we are building our own independent stack to make the search experience unique and better.
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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by InCityDreams on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:45AM (#31423433)
Missing commas?

"...offers a freemium model (free basic and premium for $5/Month which includes paid versions of VPN....."

Or as it reads?

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by bkobren on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:16AM (#31423842)
There are two versions 1) Free basic which is free -- full search, ad free, private, and personal connectors. 2) Premium for $5/Month includes all the free basic + additional connectors and paid versions of VPN and password manager.

https://neeva.com/blog/introducing-neeva-free-basic-and-neev...

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by Beltiras on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:55AM (#31422812)
An alternative is academic institutions. I'd trust a university-backed government-funded search engine.
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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by InCityDreams on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:45AM (#31423441)
University of Moscow?
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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by Beltiras on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:19PM (#31428819)
That's a good one! I guess no.
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