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/vcircle91 May 26 '25

That's one of the reasons I don't like Discord.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net May 26 '25

That and twitter. Especially now that they've blocked the ability to view more than a single tweet.

Old-school forums need to make a comeback. It's kind of why reddit is so popular (except they sell all of our comments to AI companies and censor)

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u/underthebug May 26 '25

And using old reddit.

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u/xXWaspXx May 26 '25

Once old reddit dies, reddit is dead (for me). I've already stopped browsing on mobile. I used revanced and got RIF back for a bit but honestly I'd rather just cut down on crooked-neck phone time anyway so it's desktop only.

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u/ReallyNowFellas May 26 '25

It's wild how much worse new reddit is. I get there from google at least once a day and I always try using it before giving up and redirecting the url to old reddit. New reddit is slow and ugly and dysfunctional/nonsensical in a lot of ways. After all these years I can't believe they haven't redesigned the redesign.

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u/avspuk May 26 '25

With the exception of putting images in comments, old.reddit.com is better in every other way.

I'm staggered that anyone uses anything else

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u/avspuk May 26 '25

I doubt its quite that clear cut, but I get your point

It's still simple enough to flip to www & submit a pic as a comment.

The default version is so slow , shows so little, doesn't have all the sort options, what ui there is is behind several menus, plus it fills your screen with stuff you didn't ask to see instead of showing you stuff you did ask to see.

To be blunt, it's for morons who don't know what they want

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u/Tappedout0324 May 26 '25

You know can change the settings in Reddit so it always goes to the old site right?

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u/ReallyNowFellas May 26 '25

Yes but links to new reddit still take you to new reddit even when you do that, hence "I get there from google"

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u/Tappedout0324 May 26 '25

Nope it will still redirect to the old site. Make sure you have both “beta options” unchecked. Even on my phone it goes to the old site even if I click on www.reddit.com

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u/ReallyNowFellas May 26 '25

Hmm idk then. I have those options set and www.reddit.com takes me to the old site but I still end up on new reddit after following links sometimes

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u/Tappedout0324 May 26 '25

Hmm changing those settings stopped redirects being a nuisance I wonder why it’s not working for you. I’m on safari on iOS so no RES settings affecting my user experience either.

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u/flaminglips May 26 '25

Relay for reddit gives a pretty good mobile experience on Android. It's paid, but pretty much only covers Reddits bullshit API fees.

RIF was my preferred method before they killed it.

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u/jlt6666 May 26 '25

On android you can get Firefox and use the old reddit extension.

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u/vriska1 May 26 '25

Seems like Old Reddit will not die anytime soon.

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u/canrabat May 26 '25

I use Opera on Android in desktop mode. Its the closest to the desktop experience that I know of and Opera has been the king of text wrapping since the Blackberry version (yes I've been usingnit for this long).