I gave into the hype and tried out kagi. Have to admit, it really is astonishing how much of the internet you miss out on using Bing or google.
If it’s really worth the amount of money they ask is a different question, but at the moment there isn’t an alternative equivalent.
You don’t even have to be using the strong contender. I’ve switched to Ecosia and my reach to interesting stuff increased tenfold. SearXNG also spewing what I’m exactly asking for.
I tried DDG and Brave Search. Currently I’m using Brave Search, but it really annoys me that more often than not I have to fallback to Google to find what I want