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Aside, possibly, but didn't Kagi used to be a company that collected money for shareware authors or am I hallucinating?


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> Are you affiliated with the legendary Kagi shareware platform?

> No. That Kagi went bankrupt in an unfortunate turn of events. We liked the name and acquired it when we got the chance.

[0] https://help.kagi.com/kagi/company/faqs.html#are-you-affilia...


Oh. That’s… awful.


Yes. Quoting Wikipedia[1]:

> Kagi.com was an e-commerce micropayment platform often used for shareware and e-book purchases, operating from Sept 1994 to July 2016.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagi




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