TechAltar on Nostr: Wow, quite a bombshell! Ecosia & Qwant join forces to build own search index. Their ...
Wow, quite a bombshell! Ecosia & Qwant join forces to build own search index. Their reasons:
- Bing massively raising API costs
- geopolitical risk with US increased
- EU DMA rules make competition easier
- GenAI massively changes search, is both a threat & opportunity
Rollout starts in France next quarter already 🤯
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/
- Bing massively raising API costs
- geopolitical risk with US increased
- EU DMA rules make competition easier
- GenAI massively changes search, is both a threat & opportunity
Rollout starts in France next quarter already 🤯
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/