[zitterbewegung]

I know that duckduckgo uses Microsoft Bing Custom search and honestly it is a much more robust system since you don't have to worry about Google axing it. https://www.customsearch.ai

[embedding-shape]

Instead you worry about Microsoft axing it? Sure, it might take 3 years instead of 6 months, and the shutdown period would be 1 year instead of 1 month, but hardly either are long-term solutions.

[aylmao]

> it might take 3 years instead of 6 months, and the shutdown period would be 1 year instead of 1 month

This matters much more than people (and evidently those within Google) realize

[sumtechguy]

Having been downsizing my horde of computer junk I have several large boxes of full MSDN disc sets. There is a graveyard of MS stuff that is no longer supported. The only thing with MS is they seem to give you a better off ramp usually than 'oh well sucks to be you'.

[thayne]

Bing Custom Search was discontinued last year. Although duckduckgo probably has some kind of special contract with Microsoft.