[HN Gopher] Builder.ai and the Air India website: What's going on?
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Builder.ai and the Air India website: What's going on?
Author : rustoo
Score : 57 points
Date : 2022-02-19 14:05 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.businesstoday.in)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.businesstoday.in)
| ushakov wrote:
| off topic, but they have a very suspect pricing page:
| https://www.builder.ai/studio-store
|
| "Delivery: 12 weeks"
|
| is Builder.ai just a CRUD app for indian sweatshops to build the
| apps?
| [deleted]
| supermatt wrote:
| Feeling kinda sorry for builder.io having such a similar name - i
| immediately thought of them when i saw the name. The major
| downsides of a generic name i guess.
| [deleted]
| saimiam wrote:
| I saw the ads and it definitely was ambiguous whether builder.ai
| and AI were working together or not. Looks like Builder.ai is
| simply trying to cash in on the buzz around the Tata group taking
| over Air India.
|
| Otoh, AI threatening legal action gives too much weight to a
| dumbass ad campaign. They should have trotted out a spokesperson
| to poke fun at a unsolicited gift saying they're returning it to
| sender.
| achow wrote:
| The notice of the legal action [1]. AI seems to have a fair
| concern - risk of data theft.
|
| [1]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL1w0J7aMAYsKfC?format=jpg&name=
| ...
| ushakov wrote:
| have you actually seen the ad?
|
| they're pretending there is partnership between them and Air
| India but there is none
|
| then they use Air India trademarks for their own advertisement
|
| then they start a contest on behalf of Air India
|
| imho, they definitely should be getting sued
| [deleted]
| aliljet wrote:
| megraf wrote:
| It doesn't matter if you're Indian. Painting with a brush that
| thick is absolutely disgusting.
|
| "Given the level of incredible and unrelenting misbehavior by
| Indians", unbelievable.
| dominotw wrote:
| I am indian we do have the "chalta hai" attitude towards
| life. Its a generality. GP made that point in a crass way
| though.
| barthelomew wrote:
| +100.
|
| Dissing a billion people does not make you cool. It makes you
| ignorant.
| bombcar wrote:
| They should have used the magic word "systematic" and then
| all would have been accepted.
| beaconstudios wrote:
| Systematic means "across the board, following an
| intentional plan" so it's also a broad brush statement.
| Presumably you meant systemic, which actually does have a
| specific meaning and wouldn't really apply here. It's a
| common misconception though.
| gillesjacobs wrote:
| Using another company's brand deceptively is a textbook example
| of trademark infringement.
|
| Being cavalier about it won't do good in court either. RIP
| Builder.ai
| renewiltord wrote:
| It's Indian court. "It won't do good in court" in 2045.
| _fat_santa wrote:
| I just don't understand why. Like I get it they are trying to get
| more eyeballs on them, but the ads sure made it seem like
| Builder.ai and Air India were doing some sort of collaboration
| (almost as if Air India was building a new site on top of
| Builder.ai). This is like the corporate version of girls on
| Instagram saying they are "sponsored by" when in reality they are
| not sponsored by anyone and are just trying to get clout.
| pm90 wrote:
| Fake it till you make it gone bad.
| faangiq wrote:
| Are there any legit businesses using the .ai TLD?
| ffpip wrote:
| https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A.ai+pricing
| greenhorn123 wrote:
| rg111 wrote:
| How stupid is Builder.ai?
|
| To even think that Air India will contract an app to them when
| they are the parent company of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) is
| extremely moronic.
|
| TCS has a global presence, and they get contracts from the
| largest everythings of India (including the India Post site, the
| State Bank of India's site, for example). They also handle the
| online exams for IIT entrances, bank promotion exams, and so on.
| I think you get the picture.
|
| And Tata owns them both.
|
| It's pretty much given that if Air India creates an app, it's TCS
| who will build it.
| baybal2 wrote:
| Air India is world's worst airline, and TCS is probably world's
| worst IT outsourcer as well by a large margin.
| kylehotchkiss wrote:
| Seeing the horror stories of underpaid pilots, terrible or
| nonexistent food service on ultra long haul flights, and
| growing maintenance backlogs during their perpetual "vande
| bharat" thing has been unsettling. India to this day does not
| allow "scheduled international flights" originally due to
| Covid but now just to keep the airline in business for the
| sale to finalize
| treis wrote:
| They're creating a lot of attention for little money. Strikes
| me as a rather successful ad campaign.
| lotsofpulp wrote:
| Successful in me noting to avoid anything having to do with
| builder.ai and engineer.ai in the future. Although the .ai
| domain was going to heavily lean me that way anyway.
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