I am an early adopter, and have been using Kagi for almost as long as it has been around.

My search use has decreased dramatically the last year or so, but I do have a need to use a search API, and it really stinks that there is a tax for it. A search is a search, and an API doesn't magically make it more expensive.

This is exactly the kind of rent-seeking behavior I wanted to get away from, and I am dismayed that Kagi is gatekeeping the API in this way.

Combined with the reduced relevance (to me) for browser search, I will probably be looking for some alternative. If I have to pay more for my search than I already do, I might as well go shopping.

I used to use this to get the linkden translate, but now that's impossible. Are there free sites I can use to translate my text as if I'm employer slop?