I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed it. It looks like Kagi has added Fediverse Forums as a default Web search option.

  • ehballah@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Feel like you’re jumping the gun a bit with this opinion. Kagi is one of the best options if you prioritize privacy. Have a closer look at their policies.

      • epchris@programming.devEnglish
        0·
        20 days ago

        Hoping to be constructive: how do you think search engines should operate? Or maybe how would you like one you consider “good” to operate?

        Also wondering how you see something like Privacy Pass that Kagi announced recently: https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-privacy-pass

        This is particularly useful in the context of a privacy-respecting paid search engine, where the Server wants to ensure that the Client can access the services, and the Client seeks strong guarantees that, for example, the searches are not associated with them.

      • SabinStargem@lemmings.worldEnglish
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        19 days ago

        This is what their Privacy Pass extension is for. Once it verifies you as an user, it doles out a bunch of generic “arcade tokens”, which don’t have any identifying information. You lose Kagi’s personalization features while using them, but your searches aren’t tied to any account beyond just “Kagi”, so you and everybody else using the privacy extension are the same person.

        At least, as I understand it.

      • capital@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        19 days ago

        they’re for profit

        From my subscription cost, yes. This aligns my privacy goals with their need for income which is not the case for “free” advertising-supported products.

      • shortrounddev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        20 days ago

        So you won’t pay for a subscription to use a search engine. Do you prefer the model that other search engines use where they take the content of your searches and use it to advertise to you?

          • shortrounddev@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            20 days ago

            Read my comment again, because I neither accused you of anything nor reduced your argument. I’m not the original poster you replied to

              • shortrounddev@lemmy.worldEnglish
                0·
                19 days ago

                When did I say that? Point out one single line that even remotely implies this. Flagrant strawman. What else would you call it?

                Perhaps, I dunno, a misunderstanding?? Why do you assume everyone is out to get you? Why do you interpret everything as hostility?

                How do you intend to pay for a search engine without signing in to it and having it track your search history?

      • BetterNotBigger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        19 days ago

        And if it changes, I will leave and stop paying. They are a user centric model. They thrive because of paying users.