[JohnFen]

Sure, I get that. I'm one of the more privacy-sensitive people you're likely to meet.

The complaint is about the marketing for sure. But that's not so different from the other "privacy-oriented" engines I'm aware of.

I'm not saying Kagi is (or is not, I don't know) being a good actor here. I'm just saying that if you want to use a search engine at all, you're effectively having to choose the lesser of evils.

Kagi may not be a saint, but since there aren't better options, I'm willing to settle with a search engine that actually gives me useful search results and isn't totally egregious on privacy issues.