I don’t think you can have both ad-free (e.g. paid) search and anonymous search at the same time.
You have to pick one. And you can’t really fault Kagi for providing the one when the other is already “adequately” covered by Google.
You have to pick one. And you can’t really fault Kagi for providing the one when the other is already “adequately” covered by Google.
Supposedly they are not doing it because of advantages of associating your payment method and searches.
Maybe Kagi could offer a more privacy friendly "fill a wallet with crypto and we'll deduct a certain amount per search" option that doesnt require user billing data.
Im not a current user but would be more likely to test it if available.