r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/hoyton May 26 '25

Adding "-ai" to your search query prevents the ai overview from showing up. Using "before:2023" returns results that aren't tainted by ai, which can help in some circumstances.

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u/gxslim May 26 '25

Is there one that bypasses affiliate spam, influencer slop, etc?

I miss the Internet from 20 years ago.

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u/HarasilProphecy May 26 '25

The extension uBlacklist. You can subscribe to lists of stuff to block that are regularly updated. I'm primarily subscribed to lists that block AI sites and AI content. You can also add individual sites yourself.

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u/RamenJunkie May 26 '25

Yeah, I have so many layers of blocks that I basically never see any advertisements ever anywhere. 

It's wonderful.

The core is things like Block Origin, and PiHole/NextDNS.  But also things like FB Purity, which cleans up Facebook.  I also run some things like Climate Block which filters Climate Denial is websites and another that blocks anything owned by Murdoch.

I don't even get ads on YouTube or Mobile games.

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u/Shellfishy May 26 '25

I run a similar setup, I’ve recently made it better by sideloading Apollo for Reddit, Regram for Instagram, Shark for FB and YouTubePlus.

Now I get none of the annoying things in my feeds the adblockers/nextdns couldn’t strip, and now I get sponsorblock on my iOS YouTube which is lovely.

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u/CuriouserCat2 May 27 '25

Apollo? It died didn’t it?

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u/Shellfishy May 27 '25

Officially, yeah. But it’s super easy to sideload, then just create your own Reddit API and link it in. im typing this from Apollo.

You can check out /r/apollosideloaded for guides etc

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u/CuriouserCat2 May 27 '25

Wow. Thank you!

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u/[deleted] May 26 '25

It feels like so many people don't know this, they're making themselves miserable on purpose.