This is because of Google's monopoly on search. If there were more search engines, then sites would just focus on making high quality articles instead of trying to play with the monopolists policies
Isn't this like being a 24h nurse? I'm not surprised since China's population is shrinking and greying - elder care will become one of the major markets
So how do we new users help keep kbin alive? What are the hosting costs and what do we need to do to stay adfree or at least prevent long-term enshittification now?