There have been a couple of discussions on HN lately [0][1] about the current state of search engine results, be it served by Google, Bing, DDG or other. Also, it seems like there is a lot of work on search engine alternatives as in the case of Kagi and also here [2] to name but a few. Of all alternatives, Kagi seems to be off to a very good start and I personally am a very happy beta user.
What I have not seen so far being discussed anywhere, though, is the Willingness to Pay [3] for a search engine alternative, say like Kagi. What do you think is an acceptable monthly subscription price? What do you think is an expensive price? What do you think is a prohibitively expensive price?
Here is my take on those questions: 5$, 10$, 20$.
UPDATE: I'll summarize all answers and post the results here for reference.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29782186
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29772136
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29690877
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willingness_to_pay
What I have not seen so far being discussed anywhere, though, is the Willingness to Pay [3] for a search engine alternative, say like Kagi. What do you think is an acceptable monthly subscription price? What do you think is an expensive price? What do you think is a prohibitively expensive price?
Here is my take on those questions: 5$, 10$, 20$.
UPDATE: I'll summarize all answers and post the results here for reference.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29782186
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29772136
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29690877
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willingness_to_pay