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Why is there still no decentralised search engine that actually works well? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Serious question, why do we give so much power to these tech firms such as Google, when really the solution is decentralization. We have some solutions for money with bitcoin, but there still doesn't seem to be a viable alternative with a search engine that is decentralized?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Because it's hard, requires A LOT of resources so that it's way easier to ask "why is there still no decentralised search engine?" than actually implement it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree, its easier said than done. Web crawling requires a lot of resources

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

Actually, maybe also because it requires even more resources as to build and maintain a proper decentralised software is technically harder than to do the same for a centralised search. And also because investing such resources means more donating them to the whole community rather than making profit, so those resources must not be the someone's last penny.