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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google
(www.theverge.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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Even this article knows.
If this goes through then my reddit usage will officially reach 0, as Google results are how I end up there nowadays anyway.
Same for me, only use it for questions on niche topics mostly, but if they remove themselves from google i won’t do that either.
Yup. It’s a huge shame, because
is often just as good as - if not better than - stackoverflow.
Ah well, guess we’ll all have to memorize some more computer science things…
Sure wish there was an easy way to do this with Lemmy.
It just sucks that we're gonna lose a decade of community knowledge on so many topics. Honestly if I have a question for the internet, whether it's dealing with bugs on my houseplants or buying water proof walking boots, I always add 'reddit' to my Google searches.
Shane there isn't a way to move it all on to a stackoverflow type site.
I use untrackme on Android to redirect Searx results to RedReader, and to redirect Voyager or Eternity to Stealth. I deleted all my accounts, I will delete those redirects if this happens.
ETA : I can't find the arstechnica article, but this has been a thing for awhile. Reddit search is garbage, you have always needed an outside search to find anything.