> puts us back where we were pre-google era anyway... Google (search) is becoming increasingly less relevant. I know of DuckDuckGo / Kagi, a quick search (on D

> puts us back where we were pre-google era anyway... Google (search) is becoming increasingly less relevant. I know of DuckDuckGo / Kagi, a quick search (on DuckDuckGo) shows a lot of other search engines such as Mojeek, Ecosia, Qwant, Brave: https://proton.me/blog/alternative-search-engines https://proton.me/blog/alternative-search-engines As well as a lot of what I'd call "domain specific" search engines like Wolfram Alpha, various targeted social media engines, etc: https://neilpatel.com/blog/alternative-search-engines/ https://neilpatel.com/blog/alternative-search-engines/ However I wonder if it would be technically feasible to distribute the search problem instead - Mastodon for search. Technically a node only needs to spend time spidering results with a simple variation on something like PageRank, then some trust/value mechanism needs worked out among the nodes. The problem with the rise of new competing engines is just that, their competition. Lets say one, e.g. Kagi, becomes the de-facto quality non-AI search engine in 5 years, there's nothing to stop them being bought/sold/bankrupted (financially/morally/infested with secret AI).