Comment by adamtaylor_13

6 days ago

This is exactly the blunt, hammer-based solution I would expect from a bunch of crusty bureaucrats.

It seems none of them bothered to read Kagi’s outstanding suggestions on the topic. [1]

1: https://blog.kagi.com/dawn-new-era-search

Decided to give this a read.

Kagi’s argument is simple: Google should give public access to their Search Index so that any company can take advantage of the core machine directly, under some terms of agreement. Like an API.