Reconsider Yandex integration due to the geopolitical status quo

Honestly, seeing that OP has started a crusade against Kagi on Reddit and probably other places, I suspect this is mostly some kind of power tripping from an individual who can't take a no. If you care about the Ukraine in the way you say you do, their recruitment offices are open 24 hours per day. That's where your effort brings most results, not by cry-bullying a small search company that tries their best to weigh ethical concerns while offering the best product in its class.

Edit: I also think it's sad that so many activists in the Kagi community choose not to make constructive suggestions. It should be: "If Kagi did this, then I think you could get more and happier customers", but instead it is: "If Kagi doesn't do as I say, I will cancel my subscription and start a boycott".

Using Yandex is problematic because it operates under significant Russian state influence and has been accused of manipulating search results to align with Kremlin propaganda, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine. The company has been criticized for censoring war-related content and promoting state-approved narratives, leading the EU to sanction former CEO Arkady Volozh. Additionally, using Yandex services could potentially expose user data to Russian authorities, raising privacy and security concerns for EU citizens. The European Parliament has specifically warned about the risks of Russian disinformation through platforms like Yandex, making it an unreliable source for objective information, especially concerning geopolitical issues.
By sending money to Yandex, Kagi supports that, and the fact that they ignore the problem should raise a lot of questions regarding the views of the current geopolitical situation of Kagi stakeholders.

carl You’re thinking of me, I think, but I’m not OP. I guess other people have problems with a company they admire and support financially doing business with Yandex and Russia.

Once again you argue that things are only black and white. “If you’re not serving on the front, nothing you do helps support Ukraine or its cause.” But this is not true, just as it is not true that Kagi has a moral pass to do business with a company funded and influenced by a terrorist state because “money gets there anyway in a global economy.” It’s very similar to the argument “companies will get my data anyway, so why not just use Google/Facebook/[insert other company here].”

This is a question of principles, and we, as Kagi supporters and customers, are hoping Kagi can align its principles with what’s right in this case, with what’s objectively morally right — vehemently and categorically against unprovoked violence and terror against the “humans” behind their “human internet.” Even without that, Kagi should find issue with working with Yandex who has consistently modified and skewed results and information according to the Kremlin’s whims. That isn’t a “free, human internet” either.

Edit: Granted, Google has also censored results in an attempt to combat bad/fake information to various levels of success. I don’t think equating the two is fair, though.