I'm trying to pay for Kagi search to see if it's better. Not sure if it is, but at least it's not worse. In my tests they seem to get most of the results from Google, but just jumble them about a bit. They do have a "programming" mode though, which is useful.
If nothing else, it's refreshing to pay for search, to support non-ad-driven revenue models for the most important feature of the web.
If nothing else, it's refreshing to pay for search, to support non-ad-driven revenue models for the most important feature of the web.