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What is Huawei’s strategy here? Other than they need a non US search engine for their European audience.
by throwaway4good 5y ago
What is Huawei’s strategy here? Other than they need a non US search engine for their European audience.
- ColinHayhurst 5y agoThat might well be a main reason. Plus search options for HarmonyOS beyond Petal Search. But the article states the main aim IMO: "Financial backing could mean the Chinese player gains a say over the company's operations, at a time when Huawei stands accused by several governments of spying and has been pushed out of key markets."
- jacquesm 5y agoFor any sufficiently large Chinese company substitute 'China'.
- zozbot234 5y agoMaybe they're trying to compete with Baidu.
- throwaway4good 5y agoThey have a decent search engine in petal search: https://petalsearch.com https://petalsearch.com This would be for a western european audience. I don't think you can get us to Baidu, however you can probably get us to use Qwant. So maybe it is the brand they are after.