Kagi explicitly promises not to store your history[1] and then takes your money based on that promise. If they do store your history, then they are committing fraud on a grand scale.
You are the one claiming that Kagi is somehow special, trustworthy, and immune to the same influences that drags down everyone else.
> I see lots of promises, but very little proof
Yet you trust google and any company that might do business with google? This view is some sort of mind game you're playing alone.
My point is that Kagi's business model requires more trust in Kagi than Google's requires in Google.