I’m curious why Kagi isn’t mentioned as a search engine alternative on the recommendations. Is there an opinion held by the community to steer away from it? It seems to meet the criteria in the posting––being open-source and allowing Tor networking (although through its built-in Privacy Pass).

[image] Kagi (Search Engine) hammer_and_wrenchTool Suggestions Yeah… I really like the idea of ad-free business models personally, but for our purposes I’m finding it hard to recommend. This is Privacy Guides and not Ad-blocking Guides, and I disagree with the n…

[image] unlocking7646: being open-source Is it open source? I thought only the browser extension was open source.

Thanks for linking that. Good read. I can get behind the logic of a user account being tied to a search engine being the major downfall, even if there is no inherent tie to the end-user. I personally find it sad to see the disdain it gets over being a paid service––I feel there shouldn’t be an expe…

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Why is Kagi not mentioned on PG?

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