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kagi is just like duckduckgo under the hood they track the shit out of you, even more than DDG with their machine learning tools for user based scoring system

kagi is just like duckduckgo under the hood they track the shit out of you, even more than DDG with their machine learning tools for user based scoring system for links remember everyone, duckduckgo refused every independent audits, proprietary stuff like kagi is no exception, history repeats itself also i find it weird that product placement comments like this one are always ranked super high on this website they are done with DDG, they shifted focus to kagi instead? suspicious, it's not even out yet, only work on macOS, and is a team of "benevolent living in San Fransisco", living on donations in the most expensive state of the US, sure :thinking_face:

asddubs 4y ago
yeah, I've kind of felt since DDG first showed up, it's weird that people just take it at face value. IMO, privacy first === open source, everything else is smoke and mirrors.
freediver 4y ago
You got literally everything wrong about Kagi. Kagi founder here. Responding as I will not stay silent to public defamation. I'd politely ask you not to do what you did here (drop a ton of accusations without a shred of evidence) again. > kagi is just like duckduckgo There is almost nothing similar between Kagi and DuckDuckGo, starting with the fact that DuckDuckGo is a global brand that has ~100M users and sells ads to make money, where we have few thousand and are 100% user supported with a subscription business model. > under the hood they track the shit out of you, even more than DDG with their machine learning tools for user based scoring system for links We literally don't. Kagi is not only zero telemetry but we do not log or associate searches with an account. The reason is we both don't want and don't need to. Our business is selling subscriptions not user data. > also i find it weird that product placement comments like this one are always ranked super high on this website Perhaps people simply genuinly love the product? > only work on macOS I think you refer to our Orion browser, which does work on Apple devices only for now. One needs to start somewhere. Kagi search works in any browser on any OS. > and is a team of "benevolent living in San Fransisco", living on donations in the most expensive state of the US I literally have no idea what you tried to imply here. You can find my email in bio and reach out if you need any additional clarification, I am happy to provide it.

asddubs 4y ago

yeah, I've kind of felt since DDG first showed up, it's weird that people just take it at face value. IMO, privacy first === open source, everything else is smoke and mirrors.

freediver 4y ago

You got literally everything wrong about Kagi. Kagi founder here. Responding as I will not stay silent to public defamation. I'd politely ask you not to do what you did here (drop a ton of accusations without a shred of evidence) again. > kagi is just like duckduckgo There is almost nothing similar between Kagi and DuckDuckGo, starting with the fact that DuckDuckGo is a global brand that has ~100M users and sells ads to make money, where we have few thousand and are 100% user supported with a subscription business model. > under the hood they track the shit out of you, even more than DDG with their machine learning tools for user based scoring system for links We literally don't. Kagi is not only zero telemetry but we do not log or associate searches with an account. The reason is we both don't want and don't need to. Our business is selling subscriptions not user data. > also i find it weird that product placement comments like this one are always ranked super high on this website Perhaps people simply genuinly love the product? > only work on macOS I think you refer to our Orion browser, which does work on Apple devices only for now. One needs to start somewhere. Kagi search works in any browser on any OS. > and is a team of "benevolent living in San Fransisco", living on donations in the most expensive state of the US I literally have no idea what you tried to imply here. You can find my email in bio and reach out if you need any additional clarification, I am happy to provide it.