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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T08:21:22.000Z",
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  "textContent": "I’m a bit sad to read so much negative sentiments here, even though you’re all entitled to your opinions. While The Privacy Dad and I have since deepened our relationship, talking about more than just technology and privacy, I have never asked The Privacy Dad to write anything or change what he’s written. He seems to be following the same pattern he’s followed with other technologies, where he’d write about trying it out, and then a few months later what the “current verdict” was. It’s strange you don’t seem to acknowledge that.\n\nYou’re right that you can use free search engines and achieve the level of privacy your threat model requires. You’re also right that we still don’t offer XMR / crypto payments (we’re still in talks with ProxyStore for that and should be providing that option soon). You’re right that you can never prove that the source code we give you is the one running in the server. You’re not right we don’t offer fully private options and methodologies. We have had cash-in-mail payments, and have more than 2000 private searches running per day (the only way we can tell is because of the money we have to give providers for those).\n\nI don’t agree it’s not worth doing those things, still, or that there’s no value in offering a service that aligns incentives and provides much more freedom of choice and control (with all the personalization options you have, and the source code becoming AGPLv3 after 2 years, allowing even competition).\n\nAnyway, I’m not trying to convince you, simply leaving some more information and context for others arriving at this post.\n\nThanks.",
  "title": "Why I Use Uruky, a Private Search Engine"
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