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For some products, this exists. I use Geizhals/Skinflint, which is technically a price comparison site, for pretty much every purchasing decision. If they suppo
by kuschku 2y ago
For some products, this exists. I use Geizhals/Skinflint, which is technically a price comparison site, for pretty much every purchasing decision. If they support that product category (they're mostly focused on tech).
But if they do support it, you get all the filters you could ever ask for. This is the online searching experience the 90s promised. e.g., https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd or
- amelius 2y agoYes! But the point is that nowadays an AI should be able to collect all this information for all product categories, and provide a uniform UI. But indeed, this is the kind of filtering I'm thinking of. It would also be nice, if, on the product page you can easily search for alternatives. I.e., all the filtering options should be presented for that product, and you should be able to make modifications and then hit "find alternatives".
- kuschku 2y agoAI is a heuristic like any other. You don't want heuristics for this, you want actual data. Manufacturers should just be required to provide a standardized data sheet for their product (as they already are for e.g. energy consumption data in EU), which could then be automatically mapped. Then you just need stores to list the barcode for each product, and you can map everything automatically.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoStill not complete. Try searching for Elitegroup in the category Mainboards there, and see what you get. It seems like they closed shop, or stopped distribution. Which isn't the case at all. That applies to several other brands in that category. Extrapolating from that to other categories I know less of, I assume similar omissions in coverage. Why that is escapes me. Maybe there is a fee to be paid, and they couldn't be bothered?