You underestimate how tech-dumb the majority of people are

Meh, I use adblocker and ghostery. The impact on my results is minimal if anything

Sus

How’s it better than Google? Google is the king of data, idk how this competes with that

If it’s done will, it can be a treat. But more often than not, companies screw up - making it look tacky and outdated

Pornhub ftw

What’s a kagi

It’s garbage outside of the US for local results. Bing is somewhat better, but still not good enough. In the US though, plenty of good alternatives to Google search

Meh, in some places like certain parts of bay area, it’s not very usual to get stuck in traffic. So unless you disincentivize it with and provide good alternatives with public transport, people are not gonna even consider it.

Love what Netherlands is doing with their cities

In general, I agree with you, where the quality of posts and comments on Lenny appear to be of much higher quality than Reddit used to be. At the same time though, I miss even some of the not-so-niche big communities that were engaging and kept me addicted to Reddit - like r/formula1. The community is too small here too sustain that interest