So as you may know, i am a guy mostly focused on privacy. Basically, insead of google i use SearXNG. (Privacy focused search engine) However, when i went to change the default search engine in safari, there was no option to add a custom search engine.
This really pissed me off. So how come Apple allows changing default browsers in the EU, but not search engines?
Kagi offers a safari plugin which intercepts a search request and sends it to Kagi instead. Works great.
They didn’t want to use Kagi though.
It also means someone could make a generalized search redirect safari extension without needing to wait for Apple
Edit: just checked looks like something like it exists
Well they could. It’s part of the value proposition.
Sure, but why not just say that instead?