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New comment by jacobgold in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

jacobgold — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:59:03 +0000

They did as well competing with Google on search as they have competing with Apple on smartphones.

New comment by jacobgold in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

jacobgold — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:58:30 +0000

There were lots of search engines but very few that made serious well-funded attempts at competing head-to-head with Google.

New comment by jacobgold in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

jacobgold — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:53:14 +0000

"Google had the best search engine, it became a centre of gravity..."

Almost no one made serious attempts at competing with Google. And not because of network effects or any other hard blocker. In the early 2000s, the industry just wasn't mature enough to heavily fund serious competition.

By the 2020s the industry has funding and founders ready to jump on any huge opportunity that presents itself.

There are of course downsides, but this competitive landscape in AI seems like a huge net win for users in terms of lower costs and faster progress.

Stop Telling Users Their DNS Is Wrong

jacobgold — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:11:27 +0000

Article URL: https://jacob.gold/posts/stop-telling-users-their-dns-is-wrong/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46951390

Points: 5

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New comment by jacobgold in "Ural Airlines is preparing to fly a stranded Airbus A320 out of a field"

jacobgold — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:07:40 +0000

The Wright brothers' original vision for airplanes was that they could pretty much take off and land from a basic field. And they did seem to consider the idea of heavily prepared airfields something of a failure case.

There are very good reasons things didn't go that way. But, as is often the case, the original vision had a very pure and strong idea in it that has been somewhat lost. It's still alive in helicopters, and some other air vehicles, but it'd be cool if future aircraft were more robust in this way.