Re:Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
by ehsankia on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:11AM
(#24624343)
It's not so much about what's "fair", it's about what's right. Fabricating some baseless headline about how Google is intentionally hoarding duck.com to overplay the "David v Goliath" story is just lame. I do agree this is their marketing, but twisting the truth and the facts to forcefully drive a narrative should be called out.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
by gkoberger on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:48AM
(#24624789)
Google happened to own the domain via an acquisition. They own a lot of domains via acquisition. It’s one of the only ones they redirected to Google.
People don’t take kindly to gigantic corporations punching down on tiny little companies whose sole existence is to highlight the big corp’s lack of privacy. It’s not a good look.
Re:Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
by jariel on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:29AM
(#24625581)
It's not a fabrication.
Using an 'auction' model is a very easy way for Google to undermine the credibility of the anti-trust legislation.
Any upstart that would theoretically 10x better wouldn't ever be able to get any material market share.
Imagine if there were only 4 car dealerships allowed in America and everyone had to 'bid' on the distribution. There would be no Tesla.
Re:Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo
by ehsankia on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:16PM
(#24629651)
And upstart would have much more chance to win an auction than magically get enough market share to get onto the list. This method is actually much better for newcomers than the other.