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Thoughts on Kagi? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by wavydotdot@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been using this search engine and I have to say I'm absolutely in love with it.

Search results are great, Google level even. Can't tell you how happy I am after trying multiple privacy oriented engines and always feeling underwhelmed with them.

Have you tried it? What are your thoughts on it?

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[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 24 points 9 months ago

It's not open source, at least to my knowledge.

[-] wavydotdot@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

No it is not. They are "increasingly open source", whatever that truly means.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 9 months ago

It means absolutely nothing

[-] sudneo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It means that they are open sourcing an increasing number of components? In the very same page they are linked: browser extensions, libraries they use for their AI features.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's the problem, though, given the cost of indexing it. I'm not sure there's a single open source search engine that doesn't rely on some sort of proprietary software. My philosophy is that if the product is free, you likely are the product.? We would almost need a donation-based search engine to get around that, which would likely would not be sustainable.

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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