I’ve been using Kagi for about a month now, and I think I’m gonna stick with it. Paying with dollars instead of data/attention feels more healthy for everyone involved.

(Fully realizing, of course, that there’s nothing stopping them from doing both, and that’s why we need better laws. Voting with your wallet will never be a complete solution… but it is something I can do right now.)

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just came across https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html . Seems like there are more good reasons to avoid it besides it also using Yandex as an index.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They're definitely stretching themselves too thin, but as long as I get better and more relevant, cleaner, no advertising search results for my knowledge work and research. With my privacy in tact.

Then I'm continuing to pay them for a product I find to be superior than the alternatives.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I encourage subscribers to go make themselves heard on this post if you support being able to disable particular indexes such as Yandex.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link, I'll def be more critical about it in the future.

I'll still use it (for now) because as a no-nonsense customizable search engine its by far the best I've tried.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Obligatory mention that Kagi also use the Russian search index Yandex. This aids the Russian economy and the Russian war effort.

Edit: I recommend reading my in depth explanation here https://lemmy.world/comment/15520236

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