misk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/39942527

European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.

Last year, French privacy-focused search engine Qwant struck a joint venture with German non-profit search engine Ecosia, to develop a European search index. Called European Search Perspective (EUSP), the JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and 33% of German queries by the end of the year.

Qwant said it is using the new index to power some of its features, like AI summaries for search, and Ecosia has plans to add some AI features soon to its platform, too.

EUSP is also in talks with companies to spur the adoption of its index for enabling search within apps. Notably, it is targeting chatbots, presenting Staan as a cheaper alternative to Google and Bing.

“If you’re using ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot, they all do knowledge grounding with web search […] our index can power deep research and AI summary features. Google and Bing’s solutions are also pricey, and our index can offer power search features at a tenth of the cost,” Christian Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, told TechCrunch.

EUSP, like Proton, is pushing to develop a European tech stack that doesn’t rely on technology from the U.S. or China.

“The timing could not be more urgent. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. election has reminded European policymakers and innovators just how exposed Europe remains when it comes to core digital infrastructure. Much of Europe’s search, cloud, and AI layers are built on American Big Tech stacks, putting entire sectors – from journalism to climate tech – at the mercy of political or commercial agendas,” the companies said in a statement.

Kroll added that through this index, combined with European privacy laws, EUSP can offer a more privacy-friendly search solution as compared to its U.S. counterparts.

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This seems to be an unmoderated community/instance so I guess anything goes.

Do you reckon it’s more of a FAS thing that makes you go around calling people paedophiles or is it head trauma from being dropped repeatedly by your drunk mother?

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Oh wow, haven’t seen that because of the adblocker. Fuck Eurogamer, that’s just illegal here. Meta has been trying to pull that repeatedly as well, they got in trouble with EU for that but I guess they feel more confident with Trump getting bribes from them now.

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Can't read the article without accepting sending cookies to thousands of companies.

In the EU you can’t be legally opted into tracking without explicit consent ~~so it’s usually as simple as pressing „confirm choices” or similar option~~. I can’t believe people don’t use adblock and deal with this everywhere though.

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t mean to gatekeep because boss fights in From Software games are getting ridiculous but I think wandering into dangerous areas and overcoming challenges by cheesing things and even grinding level and gear is part of the charm.

[–] misk@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I think the point was that there are many people here are „predicting” that Nintendo is somehow going to go bankrupt because of this. People can no longer discern between wishful thinking and reality, it shows in many areas of life to tbh. No, you won’t wish something into existence just because it’s „right”.

[–] misk@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

I’ve read that with current Nintendo finances they can afford to not make any profit for something like 10 or 20 years. I genuinely think that they’re not as much as malicious as they are stuck in very outdated thinking that’s prevalent in Japanese business. They don’t get any short term profit from things like this.

[–] misk@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nintendo sits on a load of hard cash and has Apple-like profit margins. They’re not going away anytime soon and I think that’s for the best. They’re one of the last AAA publishers focused on innovation in gameplay which is why I can forgive them being mildly brain damaged sometimes.

[–] misk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Do you want to play it or do you collect games? If you want to play it then you can sell it afterwards. No rush because it’s not getting any discounts so it holds value quite well.

I’ve bought my copy for €37:

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yes, please do. Don’t leave me hanging.

[–] misk@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If both just continued with politics of increasing wealth inequality it was inevitable. Poor people need scapegoats.

If you’re not going to address root causes of what’s happening it’s like trying to change how river flows with a stick. Politicians know it too.

[–] misk@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It’s not leftists fault Kamala lost. It’s on Kamala who would be as genocidal but with better aesthetics. Why would leftists care who won between the two anyway. Let’s be adults lol.

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