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Precisely. Ad and user data supported products will always balance making their users happy, with making their paying customers happy.

If you’re looking for a new search engine, I’ve been using paid search provider, Kagi.com, for the last few months. They’ve been great.

This is sweet. Now I can upgrade my old Mac! How have I never heard of this before?

I didn’t think that book lived up to the hype. But maybe I just didn’t get it.

Tangential question for people browsing this post: would you recommend a different Linux distribution over Debian and Ubuntu for OP? If so, which one and why?

Sure, if there’s a free trial (Kagi has one). Though if it’s from you, probably not 😉

What, to try things before you dismiss them as dumb?

If you’re not paying for it, you are the product. Don’t knock it til you try it.

I’ve switched over to a paid search engine, kagi.com. There are no ads and the results are better than DDG.