I've never understood what niche Orion is supposed to fill. People who value privacy would be more likely to use an open-source browser. Firefox and Brave already serve that purpose. Maybe it's less important to Mac users, but on Linux, a proprietary browser is a major deal-breaker for most people. Plus, it's less convenient if the browser isn't simply included in the repository as a result. Orion should have been developed as open source from the start, with community involvement. Kagi can still benefit from this, though, by serving as the default search engine in exchange for funding the development, and by having the Kagi Assistant directly integrated into the platform.
I used it on iOS for ad blocking until uBlock's release <a href="https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698">https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...
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So, in my opinion, there wasn’t a really good reason to wait for uBlock to land on Apple’s platform.
The ad blocking aspect never seemed like a flagship reason to use Orion if you ask me.
Some of the other features are.
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