My mom, who is in her 70s, and not particularly tech savvy, just explained that she hates Google now, because the first results are always AI, which just pulls from other sources and is usually inaccurate.
So let’s stop assuming that non-techies, older people, and mothers and grandmothers are too naive to see through the hype. Mostly it’s the tech bros and finance douches who are too stupid to actually understand what they’re boosting.
@josh0
Search engines basically suck today. As recently as two years ago, it was pretty easy to find even the most obscure references after refining your search terms. (I mostly searched for vintage car, motorcycle, political, and rock music references)
These days it’s pathetic. You get 20 of the most recent uses of any key search term. I stopped using Google because of it, but now Duck Duck Go is just as lame.
@ariaflame @Joe_Hill @josh0 You can turn it off (and all the other shit) appending ?udm=14 to the Google query URL. And you can replace your default browser search function to do this all the time.
@ariaflame @Joe_Hill @josh0 Instructions for Firefox in this thread: https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/112490402866430382