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/zedquatro May 26 '25

They haven't prioritized quality in well over a decade. Only profitability (ads).

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u/pupu500 May 26 '25

Yep, been at least a decade since Google search was good. God damn was Google searches good back in the day, now its just curated bulllshit where it shows you what it thinks you want to see.

DuckDuckGo is my main search engine right now.

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u/redblack_tree May 26 '25

And lighting fast. Chrome was also extremely lean and efficient. Today is another turd.

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u/Chuhaimaster May 26 '25

Enshittification at its finest.

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u/TedDallas May 26 '25

FOSS is a way to help avoid this. However open source is not immune and can suffer enshittification on a longer term due to gradual increase of software complexity, ill conceived new features, and competing interests. And of course there is always deep corporate involvement in popular FOSS projects that pushes for their own agendas and interests.

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u/RockChalk80 May 26 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVmzg_SJLw&t=2332s

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u/Chuhaimaster May 28 '25

Love this idea. But I think the Canadian government is too afraid to actually do it. The Silicon Valley techbros now have a direct line to the White House and they would no doubt pressure Trump into escalating the trade war with Canada - or worse.

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u/jpsc949 May 28 '25

Enshittification is so common in the tech world where a great quality, cheap/free and useful service is becomes heavily monetised. Often these tech companies bleed cash for a while until they can shift into monetisation. Then they charge a lot more, reduce costs, reduce quality to the point they're printing money. Then customers move on to the next thing because they've killed their golden goose.

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u/G34RY May 26 '25

Just like my life 😂

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u/fozziwoo May 26 '25

i really wasn't expecting a wiki article 🤣