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Interesting. I feel like site:reddit became the cheat code for actual answers but it makes sense that it would not be sustainable. Hopefully the reddit drama decentralizes this type of info and makes it more stable.
It's a bit of off-topic, but what feels weird for me is that I'm probably using search engines in a way that almost nobody does - because not only I don't use this "cheat code", but I've actively uBlacklist'ed reddit from appearing in search. (When I want an answer I want an answer, not a bunch of redditors saying "I dun unrurrstand" or circlejerking.)
Still, a lot of people do it. For those I hope that the new feature becomes useful.
I had a similar approach for most purposes, though I am too lazy to block sites that way. But I did use to go to Reddit specifically for skincare product reviews, because there are things I like to know before I buy that are not easy to find elsewhere. (And I don't mean honesty, just a few details that aren't necessarily on the label).
Depends on the kind of search. If you're wondering what was newton's second law, you can just Google that. If you're having an issue where your steam deck virtual keyboard is not showing up when you press its shortcut, the top 20 non-reddit Google results will all be random SEO articles about the basic features of steam deck.