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Better late than never. > The French index is at an advanced stage of completion, we have started creating the German language index, and the English one shoul

Better late than never. > The French index is at an advanced stage of completion, we have started creating the German language index, and the English one should start shortly. All progress is quickly integrated into the Qwant STAAN API. https://noc.social/@327ppm/115934198650900394 https://noc.social/@327ppm/115934198650900394

blell 8mo ago
They can build whatever they want with lots of #hashtags and public money, but that doesn't mean they'll get 30% of French people to use it. But of course they managed to cut themselves a nice salary with EU funds, paid in part by me and you, so that's all that matters.
- philistine 8mo ago
  Oh no, someone is making money outside of the big American monopolists. Quick, the vapors!
- 1718627440 8mo ago
  Which honestly no user cares about. They only care about whether it is good enough that they can use it. Marketshare only matters if you fear the vendor might shut it down, or if you are running ads.
- johnofthesea 8mo ago
  > with lots of #hashtags I missed this one. What was it about?
  - blell 8mo ago
    Click the link.
- alexgieg 8mo ago
  The French government managed to rein in Amazon so traditional French stores, both online and brick and mortar ones, don't go bankrupt due to Amazon's unending pockets. If they deem it necessary to rein in Google, they will rein in Google. There's no lack of tools for this, ranging from obliging phones sold in French territory to offer the French search engine as the default, to forcing every Google search result to promote the local search engine prominently, to campaigns about how it's important for national security not to rely on an adversary/enemy country's services, to everything in between and beyond.
- whatarethembits 8mo ago
  The landscape has completely shifted now; now more than ever, there's a real need for Europe to pivot from relying too much on an adversary.

blell 8mo ago

They can build whatever they want with lots of #hashtags and public money, but that doesn't mean they'll get 30% of French people to use it. But of course they managed to cut themselves a nice salary with EU funds, paid in part by me and you, so that's all that matters.

philistine 8mo ago
Oh no, someone is making money outside of the big American monopolists. Quick, the vapors!
1718627440 8mo ago
Which honestly no user cares about. They only care about whether it is good enough that they can use it. Marketshare only matters if you fear the vendor might shut it down, or if you are running ads.
johnofthesea 8mo ago
> with lots of #hashtags I missed this one. What was it about?
- blell 8mo ago
  Click the link.
alexgieg 8mo ago
The French government managed to rein in Amazon so traditional French stores, both online and brick and mortar ones, don't go bankrupt due to Amazon's unending pockets. If they deem it necessary to rein in Google, they will rein in Google. There's no lack of tools for this, ranging from obliging phones sold in French territory to offer the French search engine as the default, to forcing every Google search result to promote the local search engine prominently, to campaigns about how it's important for national security not to rely on an adversary/enemy country's services, to everything in between and beyond.
whatarethembits 8mo ago
The landscape has completely shifted now; now more than ever, there's a real need for Europe to pivot from relying too much on an adversary.