I think of Mozilla as a free and open source Google.
Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
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Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#32How will you remain free when your user base increases to , let's use a silly term, "web scale"?
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#33Wow! Yes! Awesome!
I will happily pay twice as much as I do/would for any given google service if it means this survives.
If there could be a "sign in with bloom" on every site, that would be great. I would be happy to donate for email for something like this as well. I really want an email service that isn't gmail.
God I just hope non-technical people can be made aware of and interested in this, because it would be absolutely incredible for everyone if it succeeded.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#34For Bitflow, how are you going to handle copyright infringement? You're going to be flooded with takedown requests. Surely you have realized this?
Good luck, this looks to be a good start.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, I work for Google (not on google.com), and would definitely fit into the "geek" category, and I still assumed you were talking about an OSS search engine.
Hi, currently we absolutely do not plan to create a search engine: it requires too much resources for self hosting, I think we currently have great option for all the spectrum (From Google search to DuckDuckGo), and because an open source search engine will be tricked by all kind of nasty SEO Experts and it will be very hard to promote actually good Content. I dared the Google comparison thinking about it's productiv…
>great option for all the spectrum (From Google search to DuckDuckGo)
You probably mean from SearX to YaCy.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#36Wow! Yes! Awesome! I will happily pay twice as much as I do/would for any given google service if it means this survives. If there could be a "sign in with bloom" on every site, that would be great. I would be happy to donate for email for something like this as well. I really want an email service that isn't gmail. God I just hope non-technical people can be made aware of and interested in this, because it would be…
It's our goal :)
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#37For Bitflow, how are you going to handle copyright infringement? You're going to be flooded with takedown requests. Surely you have realized this? Good luck, this looks to be a good start.
Not if the files aren't public.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#38I think of Mozilla as a free and open source Google.
I think so.
I didn't mention it because Mozilla is not really known for mere mortals (non geeks). But Mozilla is a great inspiration for me (their privacy first designs...)
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#39I don't know if it is intentional or not, but the Bloom logo is an almost exact copy of Google Drive's.
Re: Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
#40I'm in! thx 4 sharing