I spent months trying to decide if I really was going to pay for search. Then I did it (about 2 years ago) and haven’t looked back since. Totally worth it.
It made me realize that one of the more troublesome things Google did was train us all to expect tech to be free. And then, by extension, trained us to accept shitty tech precisely because it was free.
Ayep, Kagi is great and worth the subscription. Been using it for over a year now & I haven't used or miss Google at all, except at work (since they don't pay for Kagi).