[CurrentB]

I keep seeing comments like this when Kagi is brought up. One of them motivated me to try kagi about a month ago. I would love to replace google and try out every alternative search engine I encounter. I admit it will be hard to replace. I'm a programmer and searching is basically a sixth sense for me at this point. I'm frequently frustrated with google results but have never found anything less frustrating.

I signed up for kagi, ran out of the free searches in 2 days, my initial impression was "not better than google" and never looked back. I probably would have tried for a few more days if the trial was longer. Still more likely than not that I would have crawled back to google, but it did seem like not enough time to fully evaluate. For instance, the upweight/downweight feature you mention is intriguing but I didn't really get a chance to see any benefits of it.

[8ytecoder]

Software engineers - the breed that goes to extremes and compromises a lot just to avoid… paying for software.

I agree partially that they could have a longer trial but on the other hand, $10 without any sort of contract is a low enough barrier to give it a whirl.

[CurrentB]

I'd be thrilled to pay for such a service if I found it even remotely sticky, and I genuinely wanted it to be. I just found it mediocre. If some of their features' benefits compound over time it seems like it would be better to have a lengthier trial period.

[freediver]

Kagi free plan includes 50 free searches every month, so the trial period is basically infinite.

[kelnos]

I can blow through 50 searches in 3-4 days, easy.

[mccorrinall]

What results does have it to echo in order to not be mediocre for you?

[monkmartinez]

I don't know why you are being downvoted. I have the same impression just that my reaction was, "not better than google for real money." It's too much for not enough of a difference as far as I was able to tell.

[spoils19]

> I don't know why you are being downvoted.

As per the comment guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

As a community we want to encourage "curious" discussion, I can't find anything curious about your comment at all.