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Two years with Kagi, I never visit Google once. When I install Linux on a new computer, I install Firefox from its package manager, log in with Firefox Sync, a
by sshine 2y ago
Two years with Kagi, I never visit Google once.
When I install Linux on a new computer, I install Firefox from its package manager, log in with Firefox Sync, and this switches my default search engine to Kagi. So I never once visit Google, not even to download Firefox.
I just tried going to Google, and it is simultaneously satisfying and saddening to be met with a cookie disclaimer pop-up: Saddening because I'm reminded that ubiquitous search access comes at the cost of tracking, and satisfying because I never once visited Google on this one-year old computer (after which the pop-up disappears).
- ryan-duve 2y agoWhich Linux distributions are you installing on a new computer that doesn't come with Firefox installed already?
- ElectricalUnion 2y agoNot OP but Raspbian afaik is one such distro.
- sshine 2y agoDefault NixOS using the graphical installer.
- dantyti 2y ago>search access comes at the cost of tracking don't you have your identity (through payments) tied with every search query you make when using kagi?
- stavros 2y agoThey'd have to show a cookie banner if they tracked you, so, unless they're breaking the law, no.
- sshine 2y agoYes, but I trust them. Specifically, I trust the CEO and founder. If I didn’t trust anyone, I’d visit DuckDuckGo using uBlock Origin via a Mullvad VPN paid for with coinjoined crypto.
- authorfly 2y agoJust be aware that Google runs a lot of other integral services that hoover up data anyway and are practically unavoidable for modern life. For example, I blocked all domains including google and I was then unable to use local rent listing websites, unable to comment on forums, and unable to browse university research publication lists, because they were captcha blocked. In fact one of the only upsides of Apps I see is that they tend to avoid captchas. They fail in a nasty way too - nobody expects you to block them - so you'll simply see blank pages, etc. Likewise for Firebase which it seems 40% of startups use.