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We've seen this before. AOL was a monster on a ledge, and it fell. Google is a monster on a ledge, and it will fall. Funny enough, it's the ledge(r) that will b
by f055 8y ago
We've seen this before. AOL was a monster on a ledge, and it fell. Google is a monster on a ledge, and it will fall. Funny enough, it's the ledge(r) that will bury it. All hail Internet 3.0 :P
- apatters 8y agoI tend to feel the same way (in principle though not convinced it will be because of "Dweb" tech). I've been using searx.me for a year or so. This is a metasearch engine based on open source software, anyone can run an instance of it. I get a mix of results from Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. It tells me which results come from which engine and I don't think it would be a big deal if Google started censoring stuff, or if it was removed altogether. If Google starts censoring results in the US or EU with clear political motives, a Searx instance will be clearly superior (probably Bing and DDG standalone will be too). Many people will switch and search will become a more competitive market all of a sudden. I'm not pro-censorship and I think Google censoring results for China would be disgusting. But if they migrate the practice to Western democracies I think they'll basically commit suicide. (Therefore they probably won't do it.)