You’re joking right? We’re on a forum where a good chunk of the people commenting have 6-figure salaries, some on the very high side of that. And some here have a lot more money than that.

$10/mo for something used many times every day is a drop in the bucket for many. It’s not true for all, but for many.

It’s not the amount. It’s the value for me.

$10 for something that is minimal value is the path to ruin, especially when done by many people.

There’s opportunity cost (ie, what if I donated to charity, etc) but mainly I want to support high value products with some link to costs. All these “just the price of coffee” 4-hour-work-week type things are an unhealthy way of looking at the world.

I like open source so I can stop worrying about stuff that has near zero marginal costs.

I hate to think of a future where everything I enjoy or use is “just $10 every month.”

To each their own. But to me, a search engine is a very high value tool.

Paid search means that the service is not incentivized to appeal to advertisers. Disclaimer: happy Kagi subscriber here :)

GHH just removes the results from the list, it doesn't add anything. I don't see how it could appeal to advertisers. EDIT: Oh, you're talking about Kagi. Gotcha.

About your PPS: I search from my own machine, from my work laptop, and from my phone. I also use different browsers. Maintaining a user script to “undo” crap results won’t work well in this scenario. Having those settings saved in the search engine itself is really nice!

I’m a paying Kagi user now, and this isn’t my first comment gushing over that product. :)

Also an avid user of GHH. It's excellent. Configurable, easy to export/import, and free.