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Comment by freediver

6 hours ago

I actually do know what it’s like to have bombs falling on my head. I lived in Serbia during the US-led bombing in 1999. I continued using US company products during and afterward, and eventually moved to the United States, while many of my fellow countrymen drew a line similar to yours. I never felt that companies or individuals elsewhere owed me a boycott on my behalf. That experience shaped my reluctance to treat commercial relationships as endorsements of governments or their actions.

I acknowledge everyone draws their own moral line. I respect where you’ve drawn yours, and I ask for the same consideration in return. I don’t think either of us is going to change the other’s mind, so I’ll leave it here. I genuinely appreciate that you care enough about Kagi to have this conversation.

> I don’t think either of us is going to change the other’s mind, so I’ll leave it here.

So so so disappointing.

  • Keep the argument going if you can!

    He didn’t boycott USA when we bombed him. What’s gonna convince him? Maybe someone has the words.

    • If the option existed to remove various sources for search results (for me, Yandex, and hopefully any payment to them) existed, I’d be back.

      I was more tolerant of my money going to US companies when I first tried Kagi, but my views have shifted a lot in the last year or so.

      US actions have shifted in recent times, and it’s just foolish belligerence now. There was a bit of nuance in the past but at present it doesn’t even serve US interests.