Ironically the Kagi search engine is not in the first few results in Google when you search Kagi (at least in Thailand)
And when I did make it to the site, it looks like I have to sign up to use it? I'm not sure putting a locked gate in front of a search engine in 2022 makes sense but okay
The whole concept of kagi is to be a paid service (is still in beta and for now it's free AFAIK), so you pay money instead of having ads or the search engine selling your data, use the service that suits best to your purposes and philosophy.
The concept in 2022 sounds doomed to fail on many fronts. A service that claims to offer privacy but requires identifying payment information. A required email signup so followup sales emails can happen when the service is ready.
Ddg was popular on here until they censored certain websites. Does this search service censor?
Sounds like they are trying to tackle privacy but in reality users of this service will have less privacy.
And when I did make it to the site, it looks like I have to sign up to use it? I'm not sure putting a locked gate in front of a search engine in 2022 makes sense but okay