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Google's reverse image search was actually great until several years ago when they nerfed it. I heard they were forced to at the pressure of stock photo compani
by hbn 3y ago
Google's reverse image search was actually great until several years ago when they nerfed it. I heard they were forced to at the pressure of stock photo companies who were upset that people could find unwatermarked versions of photos with it.
There are currently no versions of reverse image search existing today that are as good as what Google was offering several years ago.
- Ukv 3y ago> There are currently no versions of reverse image search existing today that are as good as what Google was offering several years ago. Which have you tried? Finding unwatermarked versions of stock image photos is a pretty low bar that most should be capable of. Some are at the level of finding videos a person appears in based on a blurry photograph of their face, or determining a street/location based on a photograph of a building.
- hbn 3y agoI've tried Google, Bing, Yandex, Tineye... can't think of any others off the top of my head. I know I used to be able to upload pretty much any image to Google and get hits of other places the image was used, and now I'll upload an image I found online and get no hits. All the reverse image searches are now trying to do cute AI tricks, like detect a handbag in the photo and show where you can buy it, or the breed of dog. All I want is other places hosting that exact image.