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Part of why internet search sucks is that many gave up trying in the face of Google. (lemmy.world)

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Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Microsoft never stopped trying. They made a reasonably good product and even had some monopoly power behind it. But still couldn’t succeed.

[-] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

To be clear, when referring to a reasonably good product, which iteration of their attempts are you describing?

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