They’re either anonymizing your searches to the downstream index or they aren’t.
Does seeing an itemized list of indexes used change that?
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Imprudent3449@lemm.ee 6 months ago
This is disappointing. Due to Kagi requiring an account and billing I would say transparency should be vitally important for a them since privacy concerns are going to be a large reason a lot of people are looking to switch from Google in the first place. It’s always a concern brought up when search alternatives are discussed in forums and the “just trust me BRO” is going to start to ring kind of hollow if they play little games like this.
capital@lemmy.world 6 months ago
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“Just trust me bro” is always bullshit with capitalism. On a long emough time line for-profit orgs will always expand to double/triple/quadruple/etc dip into their customer base. It might as well be a fundamental law of economics at this point.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
If they are allowed to change the rules for profit: Eventually, they will.