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Is it really though? Bing has been consistently worse than Google over the years. Maybe our definition of vendor lock-in needs to change. Honestly at this poin
by parkovski 6y ago
Is it really though? Bing has been consistently worse than Google over the years. Maybe our definition of vendor lock-in needs to change.
Honestly at this point it doesn't even matter how good Bing is - we've been unconsciously trained to work with Google's algorithm in particular and they just have a de facto monopoly on the mental process a person goes through to formulate a search. Everyone's workflow everywhere will be worse and take more time if they voluntarily stop using Google, that's not what I consider a fair competitive landscape.
- lucasverra 6y agoI agree. Google perf is indeed better ...and still use Bing (via Ecosia) for 90% of request https://www.ecosia.org/ https://www.ecosia.org/
- mod 6y agoSo we think Google is doing a good job, but we also want to dictate to them how they do it? Seems like a recipe to have a worse product. The argument that they're so good at what they do, they've created a monopoly, I think is very fragile.