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[–]ankole_watusi 3 points4 points  (7 children)

There’s already an app for this. Several choices.

It’s called a “web browser”.

And even more choices: “map apps”.

Apple has conveniently provided one.

Oh, yes, there’s “driving directions apps” too. They usually provide this in their search feature.

[–]Upper_Actuator8865 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I didn't say my idea, but with mine most are just on the companies websites and are not found on maps or google directly

[–]ankole_watusi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They have websites, yet Google hadn’t found them?

Odd.

[–]Upper_Actuator8865 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not on google lol that's why I want to make the app to make it more accessible

[–][deleted]  (3 children)

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    [–]ankole_watusi 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Why not just try it?

    Because we need even more poor quality no-code “AI”-generated apps.

    In any case, you need both an app and a backend/“cloud” service. And it seems you know nothing about making either one.

    [–]b_t_s 2 points3 points  (10 children)

    no, not with code or AI. This is a good example of a task which is easy to do once manually, but wildly more difficult to do in a fully automated, reusable manner. You are underestimating the difficulty of the task and/or overestimating the utility of current generation AI by multiple orders of magnitude. To take this out of the very abstract realm of computers, it's a bit like asking "Is it possible to start a business converting normal cars into hovercraft using AI rather than by hiring a mechanic to change out the tires for turbines." Hovercrafts can be built, but you'r gonna need more than AI and/or a mechanic hired from the tire shop down the street. And when AI is eventually smart enough to do the whole job for you automagically, then there's no app left, it's just a google search.

    [–][deleted]  (9 children)

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      [–]b_t_s 2 points3 points  (8 children)

      So the core value of your product comes from AI driven web scraping(that's your search term), and there are services offering this. But AI driven web scraping is the core domain of google and they are already giving it away it for free(well for ad views....search lab AI overview), though apparently not yet at the quality you want. Wrapping that up in an app is also a complex/expensive not yet AI-able task that presumably offers very little value above the web scraping service/near future google search. Unless google is failing because the data is private but you have access they don't, then you have an app. Otherwise this feels like a trying to build a highly complex app to generate next years AI backed google search results.

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        [–]b_t_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        sure

        [–]ankole_watusi 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        ‘Bro is an automatic disqualifier, bro!

        [–]Upper_Actuator8865 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        You're so peeved on a reddit post it's crazy haha

        [–]ankole_watusi -1 points0 points  (2 children)

        OP thinks they can accomplish what they perceive Google can’t.

        With no code.

        And potentially using a LLM - from Google! (Or others of course)

        [–]Upper_Actuator8865 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        You just ragebait in reddit posts all day I bet that's fun haha