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I just cancelled - not because I thought the policy change was real - but simply because this article reminded me I hadn't used it much this month.

>>andyba+(OP)
so the old adage no such thing as bad PR shows to be incorrect. had they not been in the news, they'd at least have gotten one more monthly sub from you!

>>andyba+(OP)
This is where Kagi’s subscription policy comes in handy. If you don’t use it for a month, you don’t pay for it that month. There is no need to cancel it and Kagi doesn’t have to pay user acquisition costs.

>>dylan6+t1
This would only be complete in aggregate. We don’t know how many people signed up as a result.

>>scarfa+d3
Wow, I wish more services did that.

>>scarfa+d3
Really? Brilliant idea.

>>scarfa+d3
That's a fun one. It could be interpreted as a generous implementation of a monthly subscription, or a hostile implementation of a metered plan.

>>scarfa+d3
surely the first thing you do when you subscribe to Kagi is set your default browser search to Kagi.

>>scarfa+d3
Slack does this as well. It's a genius idea from a business perspective. Normally IT admins have to go around asking users if they need the service (or more likely you have to request a license for yourself), regularly monitor usage, deactivate stale users etc., all to make sure the company isn't wasting money. Slack comes along and says - don't worry, just onboard every user at the company. If they don't log in and send at least N messages we won't bill them for that month.

>>paxys+Uc
They mention an user taking an action will be billed. I guess even sending a message or reacting with an emoji would count as taking an action ? Even logging in ?

>>scarfa+d3
Kagi should take it a step further and just charge per search

>>permo-+tr
History shows that metered plans are extremely unpopular whether it be cell phone service, video, music etc.