Google Search will start automatically showing a chatbot to some users
The search chatbot used to be opt-in, but now Google will try it on normal users.
@arstechnica I'm done w Google "Search". Crazy times.
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So the final nail in Google search's enshittification. I'd like 2004 Google back please.
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Due to SEO spammers it couldn't work today
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@arstechnica everything is stupid.
@arstechnica I pay a small fee to Kagi. It’s what Google search used to be.
@arstechnica I like that the implication is that users who would deliberately opt into this are abnormal.
@arstechnica Google is dead to me. I have switched to Kagi.
@frin @arstechnica same. Kagi has altered my workflow in epic ways. It's just so good. Best $10 a month I've ever spent with the time saved.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social Haven't used, will not use it.
@arstechnica you’re still using Google search???