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[tqi]

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imo this only only works because it is a niche product? If Google went away, and Kagi became the #1 search engine overnight, I think this approach would immediately become a source of criticism for being too restrictive, gatekeeping newcomers or biased towards a narrow perspective (as Google itself already is).

[Terretta → tqi]

To be clear, overall Kagi is not limiting itself to the small web.

That's a passion project of the founder who coded it himself to the consternation of his team.