After the killing of all the warrant canaries in the US, Serbian headquarters seems like a pro rather than a con.
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tal@lemmy.today 2 days agoThat’s fair – it necessarily extends trust, and at the least you’d want them to be liable for false advertising.
I did go digging directly as a result of your comment, and I did find that it looks like Kagi operates at least in part, if not in whole, from Serbia. They have a San Francisco mailing address…but it’s just basically a mailbox.
For me, at least, that’s a concern; I’ve posted here on the matter to make others aware. I don’t know if it’d be enough to stop me from using them, but it certainly does make me consider how much weight I’d be willing to place on statements the company makes about its privacy policy, and what their practical legal liability is if they’re making inaccurate statements.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 days ago
tal@lemmy.today 2 days ago
What that means to someone is up to them. Some users on here do not like the US at all, for example, and they might be delighted to be using a Serbian company instead of a US company. I have mentioned Kagi in the past favorably, and simply want people to understand, as best as I can, what using Kagi entails.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Good additional information - I don’t necessarily have a problem with a company being based in Europe (better than the divided states) but our governments here are also slowly diving into totalitarianism, and Serbia has never really become a proper democracy since the last Yugoslavian wars. Currently that country is way too cozy with Putin for my taste.