MESSAGE
| DATE | 2025-05-16 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
|
| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Bing is dieing and DuckDuckgo depends on it
|
https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-support-ending/
Over the years, the APIs fueled both general search engines such as
DuckDuckGo, Brave, and You.com, as well as more specialized tools used
by companies and internet researchers to search specific corners of the
web. The quality of the results often wasn’t as high as standard Google
search results, but Google’s comparable API has a number of limitations
that has made it unattractive to would-be rivals.
After ChatGPT debuted in 2022, Microsoft increased prices for the Bing
APIs by as much as 10 times, citing upgrades it had made to the quality
of results. That prompted many users to begin investing in their own
indexes of the web, an exercise that had become less costly over time
thanks to new technologies. The person familiar with the matter
estimated that the Bing APIs still continued to have thousands of customers.
--
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com
DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www.brooklyn-living.com
Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
_______________________________________________
Hangout mailing list
Hangout-at-nylxs.com
http://lists.mrbrklyn.com/mailman/listinfo/hangout
|
|
