Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web

Re:Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes t... by globalise83 on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @03:42PM (#29167196)

On Chrome desktop I just see a blocker message: "To see results and get the convenience of you.com, you’ll need to add the you.com Chrome extension"

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Re:Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes t... by mthoms on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @04:23PM (#29167666)

Wow, you're right. Searching works fine in Safari (desktop) but requires a plugin when you visit the same page in Chrome.

I want to like this, but this move seems like just another scummy "growth hack".

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Re:Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes t... by ljm on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @07:26PM (#29169491)

This feedback is so common in all the threads here that I can only wonder why someone would so gloriously sabotage their own product.

It's a bit needy. Maybe give people a chance to try it out on their own terms instead of forcing them to commit right off the bat?

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Re:Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes t... by richardsocher on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:38AM (#29172836)

Hey, thanks for the feedback. We dropped the requirement to install the extension. We're open on all browsers now. Happy searching or trying :)

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Re:Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes t... by cabalamat on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @04:22PM (#29167653)

I'm using Firefox and don't get that message. Obviously if you do get it on Chrome, that's a bad user experience and needs to be changed.

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