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Any search company that is at a Show HN stage is quite far from really even beginning to threaten Google, unless they've managed to play politics to ensure regu

by snoshy 6y ago

Any search company that is at a Show HN stage is quite far from really even beginning to threaten Google, unless they've managed to play politics to ensure regulatory capture to an extent that product quality is irrelevant.

jugglewiggle 6y ago
The product is ready, I tried it. It works as advertised. They're attempting the search problem is a completely different way. They're getting ready for public launch. Google overplayed their hand, they'll pay the price rather soon. Do not ever blackmail countries. Facebook and Google search have no leverage like they think. Any country can insta ban them like China did, and have their own alternative at this point if they talk too much and don't follow the local laws. They'll figure it out rather soon. They need Australia more then Australia needs them. In the past only China scale countries could afford to ban companies that bully states. Now even medium sized countries will have a level playing field. Follow the laws or get out.
- snoshy 6y ago
  Well I'll be glad to see some real competition in search when I actually see it, but if that's all you have to offer, I'm sorry no one's going to believe you.
- jonny383 6y ago
  If I had a dollar for every throw away account that posted something along these lines on hackernews, I'd be slightly richer than I already am.
- jojo2000 6y ago
  love the vibe ! And eager to see it for real !
- motxilo 6y ago
  This sounds to me like the tech version of QAnon.
simplecto 6y ago
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. There are some legit upstarts working on their own indexes, but let's not kid ourselves. Anyone going head-on against google will lose. I think the strategy will be many, many smaller search engines, focused on niches. Curated by their care-takers who wear their expertise and biases in a transparent way. I'm quite opinionated here because this is my focus in 2021

by snoshy 6y ago

jugglewiggle 6y ago

The product is ready, I tried it. It works as advertised. They're attempting the search problem is a completely different way. They're getting ready for public launch. Google overplayed their hand, they'll pay the price rather soon. Do not ever blackmail countries. Facebook and Google search have no leverage like they think. Any country can insta ban them like China did, and have their own alternative at this point if they talk too much and don't follow the local laws. They'll figure it out rather soon. They need Australia more then Australia needs them. In the past only China scale countries could afford to ban companies that bully states. Now even medium sized countries will have a level playing field. Follow the laws or get out.

snoshy 6y ago
Well I'll be glad to see some real competition in search when I actually see it, but if that's all you have to offer, I'm sorry no one's going to believe you.
jonny383 6y ago
If I had a dollar for every throw away account that posted something along these lines on hackernews, I'd be slightly richer than I already am.
jojo2000 6y ago
love the vibe ! And eager to see it for real !
motxilo 6y ago
This sounds to me like the tech version of QAnon.

simplecto 6y ago

Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. There are some legit upstarts working on their own indexes, but let's not kid ourselves. Anyone going head-on against google will lose. I think the strategy will be many, many smaller search engines, focused on niches. Curated by their care-takers who wear their expertise and biases in a transparent way. I'm quite opinionated here because this is my focus in 2021