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The problem with monopolies is they can easily purchase serious competitors. That is why we need the government to regulate these companies and spur competition.
DuckDuckGo just ended their value proposition: https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 Not that there are many great alternatives, but the whole point of a SEARCH ENGINE is not censoring results. I understand ranking makes it searchable, but omitting views / results based on politics is self-reinforcing and makes anyone using the service blind to views and in a sense reality. I think search can’t really b…
Bing is becoming fairly popular in the US https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/deskto...
Microsoft is pushing extremely hard for it. In Windows if you miss a barely visible button you will find yourself switching to Edge and Bing without realizing it. That Google is still at 85% show that people really want to use Google, it is not just "whatever comes with the computer".
DuckDuckGo just ended their value proposition: https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 Not that there are many great alternatives, but the whole point of a SEARCH ENGINE is not censoring results. I understand ranking makes it searchable, but omitting views / results based on politics is self-reinforcing and makes anyone using the service blind to views and in a sense reality. I think search can’t really b…
The main reason a lot of people use DDG is privacy, not uncensored search results. I do think that this move could have been handled better.
DuckDuckGo just ended their value proposition: https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 Not that there are many great alternatives, but the whole point of a SEARCH ENGINE is not censoring results. I understand ranking makes it searchable, but omitting views / results based on politics is self-reinforcing and makes anyone using the service blind to views and in a sense reality. I think search can’t really b…
The main reason a lot of people use DDG is privacy, not uncensored search results. I do think that this move could have been handled better.
Think of it another way, “who cares about privacy?” Probably those searching for “unacceptable” ideas.
If they censor, who’s to say they wouldn’t turn you into the authorities for “wrong think”.
Their value proposition of privacy was damaged by this BECAUSE they want to limit your search results.
Because nobody is writing good benchmarks for search engines. You can't improve something if you can't see what you're doing.
I find it interesting that you mention the word benchmark because reviewers used to rely on benchmarks for new phones and such but then iirc at least OnePlus and Samsung devices have been caught and banned from multiple benchmarks.
The absolute no 1 prerequisite for building a good search engine is having good benchmarks.
My opinion hasn’t changed much since writing this (just disregard the blockchain commentary at the end): https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-beat-Google/answer/M... A few competitors such as you.com are in the works. I think there’s a lot of potential, but the ranking algorithm is going to need to be decentralized (aka user-configurable) in some way. This configuration would also need to be sharable, maybe someth…
What do you mean? What configuration options would you like?
> Despite all the posts about the declining quality of Google We assume people in general are dissatisfied with Google, because there are blog posts about it, and some people on HN agree, and because we have certain strongly held beliefs and technical knowledge that lead us to this conclusion. What we have not validated is whether people outside the tech community are as dissatisfied as we are. If they aren't willing…
DuckDuckGo just ended their value proposition: https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 Not that there are many great alternatives, but the whole point of a SEARCH ENGINE is not censoring results. I understand ranking makes it searchable, but omitting views / results based on politics is self-reinforcing and makes anyone using the service blind to views and in a sense reality. I think search can’t really b…
DuckDuckGo just ended their value proposition: https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 Not that there are many great alternatives, but the whole point of a SEARCH ENGINE is not censoring results. I understand ranking makes it searchable, but omitting views / results based on politics is self-reinforcing and makes anyone using the service blind to views and in a sense reality. I think search can’t really b…
Disagree. I hate it as much as the next person when Google censor results due to DMCA request (a law i couldn't care less about which shouldn't have jurisdiction over me), but you have to admit there are things to limit. Should a search engine return child porn results? (Yes, it's an easy and egregious example, but that's the point - there are such subjects).
Furthermore, censoring low quality enemy propaganda is a public service.