Kagi is a subscription-based search engine that argues that paying for search is a reasonable thing to do in order to avoid ads and companies selling your information. They also have lenses, e.g. for searching the fediverse specifically. Anyone that wants to share their experience of using Kagi?
I just started a free trial yesterday. They don’t require payment info to try it, which impressed me some already. Off to a good start with searches so far too. This is the first non-google search I haven’t been instantly disappointed in.