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Discussion: People who use Kagi search don't understand how does Kagi work. (github.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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I want to start by inviting everyone who are looking into this post to check the git commit linked before reading and after that read their current page, it will make more sense.

I think most people don't understand the fact that Kagi is meta-search engine which literally collect the results of other search engines and display it and add very small amount of results from their index(tecilis).

They are starting to act shady this year(check the attached git commit to see their changes to their documentation page).

People basically pay them to search Yandex and Brave for them.

Before anyone say but privacy, they are closed source and there is a better open source meta search engines which actually respect your privacy and need your donations more than Kagi shareholders.

Open source alternative:

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So you'd need to set up your whole block list on every single device you use?

[–] GeekySalsa 16 points 1 month ago

For a privacy focused search engine. At least the option would be nice. I personally just use my PC and phone, so I'd only need to set it up twice. Additionally, I imagine an export/import function wouldn't be too hard to set up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

SearXNG generates a URL that contains all the preferences you've set, so it's a matter of copying it and setting it as a default search engine on another device.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Convenience or privacy? Choose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not both?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sure.

Self host your own database and synchronize it that way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sync it with firefox?