I trialed Kagi.
I liked it, the results were good, no ads, gave me access to Google without being tracked.
I would pay for that, except they block Tor, and I normally use Tor.
I liked it, the results were good, no ads, gave me access to Google without being tracked.
I would pay for that, except they block Tor, and I normally use Tor.
We do not block Tor - in fact, we recently launched our own self-hosted Tor node[1].
We have had problems with GCP blocking VPN and Tor traffic (mostly the former) when we have made zero configuration to do so. It's quite frustrating, and we have been working with their support to improve this generally.
Haven't heard anyone having issues with Tor since we set up the node though :) If you give it a try, let us know how it works for you.
[1] https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/accessing-via-tor...
Note that URL is 403, from Tor browser.
Works fine from non-Tor.
(I'm now experimenting with the Kagi hidden service.)
Hint: you can use Google in private mode. And unless you block all trackers almost all sites will still use analytics so Google knows what you read.
That's like driving without light and seat belt. Should be very obvious to every HN reader, that a content (ad) blocker is the first thing you install