Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi

I like how the search engine is the product instead of <em>me</em>.

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Exchanging a search engine that can easily identify you, and even easily track you, because you're paying for it, it not an upgrade. Google is awful, but you could always browse in a private browser, or if you made an account, you could use false information. But Kagi, you've given them positive identification, to easily associate you with everything.

I am never going to pay to search the Internet. I already pay my ISP for that privilege.

It's not inherently true that the fact that you pay for something makes it easier for them to track you. That's literally why crypto exists, and Kagi accepts it. If you're privacy-conscious, you can sign up with a burner email and pay them in Bitcoin.

I wish more services would adopt Mullvad VPN's model of privacy-friendly purchasing. You get an account number, that's it. You go to their website, and "charge up" that account with a one-time payment, and they accept Monero which is way better than Bitcoin for untraceable payments. There are huge downsides to that model obviously--if you lose your password, or get scammed and give your details to someone else, the company can't help you--but to me the privacy is more important and you can avoid those issues by not being a moron.