Comment by AlienRobot

5 days ago

DuckDuckGo has a web browser. Brave has a search engine. Kagi has a web browser.

It seems weird to single Google for this. Wasn't the core issue behind this that these other search engines couldn't compete with Google?

Vivaldi is a much better browser than their Chromium re-skins. Perhaps if their browsers were better people would use them instead of using Chrome. Additionally, perhaps if their search was better than Google, they would use it as well!

Google shoves AI overviews in your face now, and if that sucks, the only reasonable alternative is to use Bing currently. I can't use Brave's search or Mojeek. Brave ignores underscores. Mojeek doesn't even have a business model so it stops anyone from actually using it as a search engine. Yandex is full of results in Russian.

I wish someone would tell me what is this fabled competitor to Google that would benefit from crippling Google because so far I haven't been able to find one. I'd say the only engines better than Google are Wiby and Kiddle, because they focus on a specific niche instead of trying to compete on general web search.

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ColinHayhurst  5 days ago

Mojeek CEO here: Our business model is our paid API and contextual, no-tracking ads.

  • AlienRobot  4 days ago

    Interesting, when I was taking a look at alternative search engines I tried Mojeek and I never saw a single ad, so I assumed it had no way to make money (just like Wiby).

    But where are the ads?

    I just searched for "best cars 2024." Not a single ad. "Insurance lawyers," no ads. "Best keyboard," no ads.

    Maybe the reason why this happens is because I'm not from the US/EU/UK?

    Also when I use a search operator, like "insurance lawyers" surrounded by double quotes, I get a 403 forbidden error because I appear "to be sending automated queries so we can't process your search at this time." To me, that means Mojeek won't let me use it as a search engine.

asadotzler  5 days ago

Tell us you don't understand the first thing about centuries of anti-trust law without telling us you don't understand anti-trust law.