Comment by Nevermark
1 month ago
> A government-backed, ad-free, intermediary-free, taxpayer-funded search service providing baseline, non-discriminatory access to information. Imagine search.org.
There is no way the government provides a search engine that doesn’t become a political football or weapon.
Maybe in a different age.
I completely agree that monopoly remedies, such as fair open paid licensing, are needed. I prefer that to breakups, when this kind of cooperative/competitive leveling works.
> There is no way the government provides a search engine that doesn’t become a political football or weapon.
Maybe it doesn't have to be based in the US? Maybe we could make this a world effort, run by a coalition instead, across border lines, like a library for the modern age.