I got a sub to Kagi a few months ago. It seems pretty good but I’m behind on the news. I’ve read a few things here and there, but can you explain a bit about the ethics?
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Glitchvid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Great article, appreciate that I’m not the only one concerned around some of the ethical choices Kagi has been making.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Last I saw they still paid Yandex for access to that index (weigh how important that is yourself), they also pushed back on suicide warnings if you ask Kagi how to kill yourself, and I learned from this article that they may be using additional data sources that contain higher levels of homophobic sentiment.
Basically, the company’s tagline is “Humanize the Web”, but I don’t think their actions thus far show we agree on what Humanize means.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah, definitely something to keep an eye on. Might not renew and just start using Qwant.
isaaclyman@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Same. I use Kagi because search is an essential function of my job and I can’t extract decent results from Google anymore, but if there were another engine with equally good results and a better ethical track record I’d switch.
(There isn’t. I’ve tried Qwant, Ecosia, DuckDuckGo and a handful of others. Was not impressed.)
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I share the sentiment. The results are acceptable, and being able to custom rank sites in results is very useful, but the killer feature is not having ads or forcing AI down my throat.