I use 30–40 searches per day, and I almost never need to bang to google. When I do bang to google, I consistently find worse result.

It is indeed expensive compare to most of the other donations/subscription I have, but there is really no alternative to this experience.

I use nebula, lemmy, mastodon, kagi, jellyfin, signal, thunderbird, fedora, and so on. I am beyond delight in how quite my world is, there is nothing in my face pushing anything, and I get everything and every update I need. All of them cost money/donation, but I would rather spend money to save time and my mental health now…