You can disable any backend on SearXNG, Stract, 4get or some other self-hosted FOSS alternative. However, for Kagi, there’s this feature called lenses, which probably works in the same way as Stract’s Optics - not sure if it allows blocking of a particular search-engine service.

SearXNG also supports Yandex as one of the many search-engine backend.

[feat] engine: implementation of yandex (web, images) #3733

Search on Matrix is slow though, at least through the official app. It is slightly fast on Cinny, however.

I am content with Matrix and IRC. Discord is a privacy nightmare.

Discord provides outdated, bloated Electron. As if I am going to trust them again.

Just try to find out his old Xbox comments or wherever the heck he used to post on forums. Make them appear on the Google search with his name in quotes, and tell him that employers or his future date can easily spot his poor behaviour as a part of background check. Use Bing for better results. Google hides some result, but not Bing.

It is really hard to use after reading all the related manual, so I never even bothered with setting up an account.

Apparently, they have a name for right-wing trash in Korea - they call it ‘Chojoongdong’ (Chosun Ilbo, Joong-ang Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo).

As of 2010, the market share of Chosun, Joong-ang and Dong-a Ilbo is 24.3%, 21.8%, and 18.3%, respectively. Nearly 58% of printed newspaper subscribers in South Korea read one of the three daily news.

Well…fuck?