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CorroboratedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
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2
builder posts asking
latest ask seen today
+1 product post seen in community · 1 event tracked
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"I think that if apple made their own search engine like google / DuckDuckGo it would be great" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Google
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Hard requirements
Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.
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Competitor pricing
Named rivals & real prices 🔒
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How we checked
Where we searched
2 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
56 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
today · auto-refreshed every 3 days
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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
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3 tracked posts (2 asks · 1 product/news)
first post May 2026
▲ 1 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 1 of 2 builder posts asking on record — each insight links back to a real one.
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