So as a non-Apple-using Kagi subscriber since Beta, I kind of wish they'd just concentrate on search - the thing I'm paying for.

Yes, it's good, and I'll keep using it for the foreseeable future, but it's not an unassailable lead.

I feel the same way. I like Orion, and I use it on some of my devices. But if I could choose I’d rather the company focus on Kagi development. There are a good number of bugs and feature requests that have been “planned” for months/years that I would be very happy to finally get fixed.

Agreed, I'm a Kagi subscriber and a mac and iPhone user, I don't use Orion and have no desire to. Browser and search engines should be separate entities, but for some reason search engines really want their own browser, and in the case of Brave, a browser company really wants a search engine.