Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results
by freediver on Monday April 24, 2023 @03:53AM
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Kagi does not collect PII. You can register with a fake email if you want to. Payment information (if any) is collected by Stripe, not Kagi.
How would you keep it simple while running a paid search service with non-trivial search cost?
Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results
by doubtfulcan on Monday April 24, 2023 @05:29AM
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As someone with high privacy focus, just having a user id given by stripe, that stripe then can connect to a real person is a liability. Mullvad allows payments in crypto and their site is accessible as an onion service. I know it definitely adds overhead to do both of those things, though personally I wouldn't mind paying a lot of extra for it. I'm not sure which fraction of users are like me though, I might just be an unviable customer
Re:DuckDuckGo removed the ability to filter search results
by freediver on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:23AM
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Sure, but also note that it took 14 years for Mullvad to reach the point where it can support all those billing methods. Kagi launched less than a year ago with a small bootstrapped team, building a much more complex product.
They made the critical mistake of not keeping it simple. If they wanted profits, why make it hard for people to pay them? If they wanted market share, why not have a free tier so people can try before they buy. They're only staying afloat in tech-circle hype imo.