Talk:Chomp (search engine)

Dropped support for Android OS

Apple Inc, has decided to drop support for the Android Mobile Operating System. They want this Application only on an iOS based devise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.144.0.13 (talk) 17:56, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I remember that; and I sent an email to Chomp demanding to know why. Though it took a few days for anyone to respond, the person who finally did respond was one of Chomp's founders, herself (I guess, by that time, most employees were gone), who simply said that it was a business decision to only support iOS-based searches; nor, clearly, did she care what I thought about it. She made no mention of the fact that Apple had acquired Chomp just two months earlier (though if I had been paying attention, I could have read that that happened in the trade rags), and that said acquisition had made her filthy rich. She also conveniently left out that Apple would soon phase-out Chomp completely, as it did five months later. Of course, in her defense, she might have had no idea, at that time, that that was to be Chomp's fate. From her perspective, though -- you know... with whatever was her share of the $50 million in her pocket -- I'm sure she didn't much care. That, sadly, is the way the Internet works, now: Someone dreams-up something really cool, gets start-up funding to make it a reality, and then a few months later one of the Internet giants (usually Google or Apple) scoops it up for a huge purchase price and makes the founders and start-up funders rich (and often employes the founders, at least for a while), and then unceremoniously disappears it, like the mob. In earlier days, Symantec was the biggest offender when it came to desktop computer software. Now, when it comes to cool websites and apps, it's Google and/or Apple who have joined Symantec in this kind of egregiousness. [sigh] Pity.
Gregg L. DesElms (Username: Deselms) (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Likely final edits

I just made what I presume will be the final edits to this article... that is, unless anyone wants to expand on the acquisition and then closing of the place, and all leading-up to and surrounding it. I've at least made the first two paragraphs now be more appropriately in the past-tense; and I've generally spruced them up and refined them, including a few grammatical corrections, a tiny bit of expansion and clarification, and linking of things that should have been linked in the first place to Wikipedia articles, as appropriate. Anyone who wants to further refine beneath is welcome to have at it! It's a pity what happened to Chomp... er... you know... unless you're one of its founders or start-up funders, who all split $50 million, and now never have to work again. [grin]
Gregg L. DesElms (Username: Deselms) (talk) 16:45, 19 March 2013 (UTC)