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[โ€“] tyranical_typhon@lemmings.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] fdrc_lm@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine trying to advertise anything on the Fediverse ๐ŸŒš

However this only made Mojeek more appealing

[โ€“] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Mojeek, Gibiru & Swisscows.

[โ€“] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] starkzarn@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

Mullvad Leta is the way

[โ€“] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I tried it and it was good, but not worth the money to me. Since that time, everything has been going more and more to shit, so while I am not there yet, everything else could eventually get shitty enough that I will maybe then be good to pay monthly for a search engine.

[โ€“] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

For anyone curious how well it works, I just noticed they have a trial:

https://kagi.com/pricing

[โ€“] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Feels like this is an add, but in case it's not, I use crypto to pay the lowest rate plan and this keeps me anonymous. I really like it but would strongly advise against giving a search provider your personal info which you have to do if paying by credit card. Its a much different thing having your searches linked to an IP vs your cc, name and home address.

[โ€“] classic@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do you then need to buy the crypto anonymously? I'm always confused about that point

You can but I don't. You pay the crypto to Kagi through a third party pay service. Its not 100% untraceable but it's enough to keep you out of any automated tracking that Kagi is or will eventually be doing.

[โ€“] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You can buy it anonymously, mostly through P2P exchanges and markets. But simply buying bitcoin or some other popular coin with fiat, then exchanging that to Monero and using that to buy your privacy things will work as well.

Monero is very private and anonymous.

[โ€“] classic@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks! My barrier to using crypto has been this first purchase element. Because afaik crypto is not inherently pvt and anon?

[โ€“] sifar@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

It's one of those organic produce items among the Internet things which happens to be in vogue these days.

Yes. One of the few subscriptions I have no qualms about.

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have paid for it since it started so have to say yes. Never going back to Google.

Other search engines have much worse results.

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