Re:Ask HN: Why aren't there more Google Search competitors?
by saran945 on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:29PM
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"no one will switch" - agreed on cent percent. If i switch to bing, I feel uncomfortable, something in me asking to google it. this happens may be due to my habit?. I guess, google's competitor may come from startup's (not from big companies) that too happen after couple of decades.
1) be much better at it, or no one will switch
2) have enough money for the equipment to handle the crazy amounts of traffic
3) have enough money for the engineers to build all that
You have to realize how huge and fast google already is. You make a post/comment on Reddit, it's in the search results within minutes.
What features would it take for you to switch from Google? Even if some giant like Apple would spend billions and launch a search engine, how many non-apple users would use it? My guess is - not that many. Google has become a verb. "Just google it".
As far as I can see, you can beat google in some niches, like DuckDuckGo that rides on the wave of privacy.