Why would and what incentive does Kagi have to put 'spyware' in a browser?
??? why does any company do it? Money?
Any company?
Don't you think if Kagi introduced spyware it would ruin their reputation quickly, why would Kagi want to quickly ruin that brand reputation?
The answer is that there is no incentive for 'spyware' on Orion as you can pay for Orion+ to support development.
https://kagi.com/onboarding?p=orion_plan