How to get Google search results without the AI garbage. “It’s essentially Google, minus the crap. No parsing of the information in the results. No surfacing metadata like address or link info. No knowledge panels, but also, no ads.” https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
@scottytrees@kottke I use ddg as my default but I often have to add !g to get useful results. That's the problem - there are other search engines, but even though Google intentionally degrades its results to get more hits, it still gives better results than the competition.
@scottytrees Most people would rather get useful results as quickly as possible, so until there's a search engine that is at least as good as Google, it will still be the search engine of choice. The number of people willing to inconvenience themselves to avoid benefiting Google is, I'm afraid, far too small to have any effect on Google whatsoever. :-(
@scottytrees I'm not saying nothing can be done. The government can regulate, and bring lawsuits, and that may help. I'm saying an individual not using Google is as effective as people who claim the only way to change the electoral system is to vote 3rd party. It's not an effective strategy, it's just a way to feel like you're doing something. I choose not to make meaningless gestures. But continue to shout at Google if it makes you feel good.
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