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I cancelled my Kagi account following the positions taken by the company on Yandex issue. Did things change ? I'm not saying the opening of an HQ in Serbia is
by maelito 11mo ago
I cancelled my Kagi account following the positions taken by the company on Yandex issue.
Did things change ? I'm not saying the opening of an HQ in Serbia is linked. It's obvious this is linked to the founder's origins and that's OK.
Just wondering if I should reconsider my subscription to this great product.
(Serbia's facing risks of petrol shortage because of Russia's war, just saw this in the news)
- darkamaul 11mo agoFor interested readers, here is the CEO (Vlad) answer to the ties between Kagi and Yandex (November 2024): https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo/19 https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integratio...
- __alexs 11mo ago> The job of a search engine is to produce the most relevant search results, period. Unclear how all the random side projects align with this goal tbh.
- Tadpole9181 11mo agoOr how using what amounts to a state-owned search engine - when that state is a corrupt, censorship-heavy authoritarian state dedicated to the conquer of their sovereign neighbor states - is helping toward "the best results". Outside of the "funding invaders" issue, of course it's results will be skewed. Especially if he simultaneously claims it's hardly used and only represents 2% of costs. If it's so infrequently used, why so resistant to offering a toggle?