alt Hacker NewsGoogle changes its search box
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F Google!
Slop as a Service (SaaS)...
damn this is some real slop. not expected from google.
i played the video, didnt understand anything and got dizzy. then i tried to scroll but the browser tab froze? wow
Thankfully ublock origin blocks a ton of those useless AI slop spam, but Google nerfed its search engine already years before. They showed that they don't care about it anymore, yet alone about users. Something fundamentally changed at Google and it is not good. It is time for the world to retire Google. We don't want or need an adCompany nor an AI slop company.
I think this will be one of those things that the hacker news crowd lambasts and calls a mistake but will either be neutral or seen as a positive to your average user.
of course; ever since ChatGPT first launched it was clear this is what Google would do to its search
good luck getting visits to your site unless you're paying for AI placement
The entire internet as I knew it is over. Everything trips Cloudflare and capcha's because of tech bros and their AI crusade.
But at least I've experienced the golden age. I feel bad for all the kids who will never know what once was.
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I genuinely feel like I could have a breakdown over this.
I’m so fucking tired. I don’t want it. I didn’t want it. I didn’t need it. And now here we are, once again, shoving it fast and hard in my face.
Thanks, Google.
If you'd like to switch from Google, I'll take the opportunity to let you know about Uruky [1], an ad-free and privacy-focused search engine, that's focused on a simpler experience than Kagi (no AI). Kind of like "old school" search. My wife and I launched it earlier this year, and it's been going really well so far.
Id you'd like to try it for free for a couple of days, reach out with your randomly-assigned account number and we'll top it up for you.
[1]: https://uruky.com
Makes me sad. I recall the beginnings of Google, so hopeful so new.
Now they are a money printing corporate. I am sure there are still people there doing new and exciting things, but the Grey Suits have taken the reigns
They could have used AI to make that awesome simple sparse home page better. Fought off the SEO optimiser that made search so dire in the recent past
But no. They are doubling down on bling and crap. SEO is good for business.
"Do the right thing". Not even close
Makes me so sad.