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Google is getting worse as it loses its fight against search engine spam
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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Here come the totally organic Kagi users to tell us paying for search is worth it. Use DDG or anything else that's free.
I mean, expecting everything on the internet to be free without question seems to be the beginning of some troubles. A more human and direct connection between people and the makers of the things they use seems to me a better scenario.
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