People don’t like the idea of paying for stuff they’re used to getting for free
Privacy Guides does not include Kagi in their recommendations because an account is required in order to search, despite it being against their privacy policy to log, and despite the fact that they allow “no-log” VPNs, messaging apps, etc. which all require accounts. They’re starting to soften to Kagi with their new Privacy Pass feature, however they seem hung up on the fact you need an account to generate private tokens. Accounts can be made with burner emails and paid with crypto.
Kagi leadership has had some controversial opinions on search censorship (they’re fairly blanket opposed to it) and other social issue in the past
In addition to search, Kagi offers AI tools, which is a turn-off for a lot of people
To me, none of these things are deal breakers, but some folks are eager for an excuse to complain.
I know it’s a controversial take around these parts, but I’ve fallen in love with Kagi.
If I had to rank search engines by results, in my opinion/experience:
Kagi > Brave > Startpage/Google > DDG/Ecosia/Bing
Kagi/Brave/Startpage/DDG all offer privacy to some degree. I haven’t really fucked with SearXNG though I’m sure its awesome.
I’ve been disappointed by many and don’t trust commercial space.
Dig around and you will find no so pleasant information on DDG and Kagi. I suspect same is true for any business backed search.
I used both and eventually run into negative information, which made me reconsider both. I started with DDG, then Kagi.
It is SearXNG all the way for me now and there are no regrets so far. Other post on it is the best option.
What negative information have you found about Kagi?
Owner is spending all resources into AI neglecting actual search.
There was something else, but I forgot.
Why it’s controversial? Kagi not secure/private enough?
People don’t like the idea of paying for stuff they’re used to getting for free
Privacy Guides does not include Kagi in their recommendations because an account is required in order to search, despite it being against their privacy policy to log, and despite the fact that they allow “no-log” VPNs, messaging apps, etc. which all require accounts. They’re starting to soften to Kagi with their new Privacy Pass feature, however they seem hung up on the fact you need an account to generate private tokens. Accounts can be made with burner emails and paid with crypto.
Kagi leadership has had some controversial opinions on search censorship (they’re fairly blanket opposed to it) and other social issue in the past
In addition to search, Kagi offers AI tools, which is a turn-off for a lot of people
To me, none of these things are deal breakers, but some folks are eager for an excuse to complain.