Comment by nfm
3 days ago
Google Search has no stickiness and they managed to build a behemoth.
ChatGPT is a great product, but the lack of stickiness comes into play because there are many viable alternatives.
They’re all going to have to monetise the consumer segment at some stage, and I think that’s likely to be via ads on a freemium tier in most instances.
Google Search used to be awesome, heads, shoulders, belt buckle and knees above everyone else.
Seriously, I still remember the moment I first used Google. I was using Altavista / OpenText and Yahoo now and then. I thought Altavista was the best and OpenText was for geeking out. Once I tried Google I never looked back for decades. Their tech was their moat.
Google Search was head & shoulders better than the alternatives back when Google was developing into the behemoth it is today.
Google search still has a ton of stickiness for the casual user.