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But they have a free plan? Why does that need me to sign in? It should just let me search, when I want to pay then I pay. I would like Kagi to do something li
by colesantiago 3y ago
But they have a free plan? Why does that need me to sign in?
It should just let me search, when I want to pay then I pay.
I would like Kagi to do something like Mullvad does without knowing who I am so I don't need to fiddle around with emails or passwords.
- jsnell 3y agoBut you're not going to want to pay, are you? You'll just clear your cookies every time you hit the usage limit, and start fresh.
- colesantiago 3y agoOf course I'll pay, but not with my identity attached. I pay for Mullvad, and would pay for Kagi but only if I can not have my identity attached to their service and not have any emails associated with them. Mullvad is doing it right.
- jsnell 3y agoBut the complaint I was responding to was about the free plan requiring signing in, not about the identity being attached to your account. A free plan just cannot work if anyone can mint new identities for free. You paying for Mullvad doesn't seem very relevant to that complaint. They have no free plan. They also require creating an account and signing in to use their service at all.
- rhabarba 3y agoYou can just use anything that looks like a mail address with Kagi.
- soneca 3y agoThe free plan is not because of a company’s mission to provide their service for free. It is solely a marketing tactic to get your contact in exchange for letting you experiment with their product without paying money. If they do not get your email they have a lower chance of turning you into a paying user, which is the sole purpose of the offer. Even taking into account that some potential customers, like you, will be pissed and never sign up to even the free plan, I am pretty sure the metrics support their decision to keep asking for the email.