> your product relies on the output of the industry it kills

I disagree, Google doesn't rely on a massive amount of recipe websites; they rely on Google and exploit it.

More importantly: These recipes exist from many sources, not just the website that exploited Google to be first in their rankings.

From the HN guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

In this instance, the internet is more than top-ranking recipe websites.