wired.com/story/ecosia-qwant-e…
Guess we’re gonna witness the creation of the digital European Coal and Steel Union
I would be curious to learn more about their revenue model, the article doesn’t say about it. The good thing is that there are no financial investors involved as far as we can learn from the read, it will be interesting to see how this develops imho.
The for-profit joint venture …
Oh well.
It gets worse:
The pair hopes this move will help drive innovation in their respective search engines — including and especially around generative AI — as well as reducing dependence on search indexes
Exactly what we need, more A"I" generated bullshit, because there isn’t enough of that already.
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@maniacalmanicmania well, companies can make money without abusing user privacy if they so want. It’s been done before.