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Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

On the one hand, Google's still the dominant search engine, having used every dirty trick in the book to reach that position and maintain it. If you aren't on Google, you arguably might as well not exist.

On the other hand, Google's already under heavy scrutiny since being officially declared an illegal monopoly, and the public is pissed with how Google's declined in search quality - and deliberately so.

Part of me says we're about to see some truly wild shit go down.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

also they're about to start squeezing even harder on the chrome-side control (along with some continuing sketch in android)

I'm an extremely cynical bastard but I also feel like there might be light in the tunnel. just hoping it's not a train ~~I~~ we can't hear yet.

[–] primrosepathspeedrun 7 points 2 months ago

part of me would like to see it involve pitchforks. maybe some torches.

we can be really california about this. I might still know where my old childhood pitchfork I used to turn compost is, and I can make it an acetylene torch hanging off a drone, if you want.

[–] mjs 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I changed to kagi 3 months ago and first was weird paying for a search engine but now it makes complete sense. Love being a customer and not a product!