You are wrong. Your searches are still sent to the original search provider before the redirect extension takes over. It defeats any privacy Kagi could possibly provide.
As a user of this application, this is not even close to the same thing as having the ability to change the search engine in the browser settings itself. If I need to actually search something on one of the other search engines for reasons then I have to go disable the plugin, or set it to a specific search engine which I am unlikely to use. I am also curious if my typing into the search bar still sends my quick search pre-submit to my search engine selected in the browser unless I remove the pre-fetching. So no, not perfect. And this is not Kagi’s fault that’s just the unfortunate situation Safari leaves them in.
> > > If you want to switch your search engine for Safari on iOS...
> > I can set Kagi as the default search engine on iOS?
> > Because last I checked, Apple hardcoded their list of options.
> not even close to the same thing as having the ability to change the search engine in the browser settings itself
Two replies up, they expressed surprise at being able to make Kagi DEFAULT.
You can. To your point, you can flip it off by toggling the extension.
You can also have it not intercept others, only one.
To the question, "I can set Kagi as default on iOS?" the answer is yes, for the normal definitions of set and default, meaning, make it so when I search I get Kagi.
Otherwise the comment would not have been about "Kagi as default on iOS", but something like, there's a setting for alternative search engines on iOS? The answer to that is of course, no, but there are workarounds.
Check again: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kagi-for-safari/id1622835804
Works perfectly.