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Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by Zambyte on Monday May 25, 2026 @11:45AM (#48268184)
Counter point: https://kagi.com/stats

About 70k people are paying at least $5 a month. I've been using the $25 a month plan for nearly 3 years now. I imagine Kagi is doing alright.

Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by anon7000 on Monday May 25, 2026 @12:20PM (#48268602)
Google could loose 70k active users and it wouldn’t even register as a blip. They have like 50,000-60,000 TIMES as many active users.

I’m one of those 70k people and support Kagi, and I also strongly believe in companies succeeding and sustaining themselves on a small scale like this. I think our economy would be healthier if it was made of many, many small companies, not a few massive ones.

But we can’t argue Kagi is anything more than a super niche product, for now. :(

Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by saltyoldman on Monday May 25, 2026 @01:09PM (#48269135)
Typically the reason for there being so few smaller companies is paradoxically that small companies exist to be gobbled up by the big ones.
Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by Zambyte on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:44PM (#48313568)
A company can be successful without dominating the world.