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1) AI isn't that smart and doesn't search the Internet in real time, nor can it distinguish between real and counterfeit products. There's a significant liabili
by rchaud 2y ago
1) AI isn't that smart and doesn't search the Internet in real time, nor can it distinguish between real and counterfeit products. There's a significant liability issue if BigCorp AI sends visitors to IP-infringing shop sites.
2) Search engines would rather show you irrelevant results than an empty page. This is true of Google, Amazon, Netflix, you name it.
3) The more custom a product is, the less likely it is to actually be in stock. I've seen plenty of cool products on Chinese electronics stores, many of which have quietly refunded my order after determining it wasn't in stock and wasn't coming back.
- amelius 2y agoThat's a pessimistic view. I think with even small effort a lot of improvement can be made here.
- rchaud 2y agoThere will no doubt be some techbro startup that promises to solve this: after all, who wouldn't want to build a platform that guides you to these products and take a cut of every sale? Whether or not such a platform actually meets your desired specifications is another matter. The money in this industry is in affiliate marketing and ads, not in helping people find stuff.
- amelius 2y agoI can see where this is coming from but if your view was correct, then companies like Kagi would not exist.