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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by mapontosevenths on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:26PM (#50358423)
Kagi depends on Google's search API still. So they get paid either way, I guess.

I do sort of wonder how much longer Googles search API will even be a thing. They clearly have no interest in running a search engine anymore and are becoming actively hostile to the open web.

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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by alex1138 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:05PM (#50358904)
Annoyingly though, Reddit which apparently has some fucking stupid exclusivity agreement, results, are still a lot of the time found on Google, not even with Kagi using Google's API
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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by Terr_ on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:25PM (#50359116)
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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by georgel on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:23PM (#50360102)
With the quality of content on Reddit in recent years, I think you are better off not opening the site. The good ol' days where "some topic" +reddit have been long gone.
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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by alex1138 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:14AM (#50366726)
It's the most centralized decentralized thing. "Most real place on the internet"? Please. The site bans you. Subreddit mods ban you. Subreddit mods collude/have the same ones per subreddit

There was a period of time where even posting in r/lockdownskepticism would get you banned from (I'm making this up, I don't have the list. the point is it's like all the mainstream subs) r/funny r/pics etc etc

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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by nativeit on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:42AM (#50362496)
Turning off Reddit sounds like a feature…especially as it’s being overrun with “SEO specialists” hocking their shitty, meaningless wares.
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Re:Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I by EA-3167 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @05:49PM (#50359345)
Kagi uses Google API as one among a number of sources, I don’t know if it’s a particularly vital one though. Personally whether it’s Kagi or something else I think the future of search will be tiered:

Free, terrible ad-riddled and essentially broken

Paid, you are the customer not the product.

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