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What’s the point of email forwarding for a search engine that no longer has an index? Licensing Bing results is all of DDG business but a rounding error for Mi
by nr2x 4y ago
What’s the point of email forwarding for a search engine that no longer has an index? Licensing Bing results is all of DDG business but a rounding error for Microsoft. That’s a very precarious positron to be in.
- haswell 4y agoEmail forwarding and search are orthogonal products solving different issues, so first, I’d point out that the value of the email forwarding service doesn’t change. But presumably DDG has contractual agreements with Microsoft so “no longer has an index” is a hypothetical that isn’t really grounded in reality or something that would be likely to happen without warning. And if Bing is no longer viable at some point for some reason, that would be a good reason to change the priority of building an index. But clearly DDG feels secure enough in their current agreement, and as of now, we have no reason to believe otherwise.