I understand the incentive structure, but how can I be certain that you're not taking the $10 AND selling my data?
There are no 'free' search engines
Yes they are, if you know how to use them (can definitely run them through proxies). But they're financed with the privacy of other people and I hate that model so I don't want to feed it.
LN payments are awesome, thanks for that.
this territory is moderated
What I meant by no 'free' ones, is that there is always currency involved - either your money (eg Kagi) or your data/privacy/attention (eg. most legacy search engines).
understand the incentive structure, but how can I be certain that you're not taking the $10 AND selling my data?
Because the moment something like that leaked, our business would be dead. This is what alignment of incentives means.