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‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI (www.theguardian.com)
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Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.

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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

you have to scroll maybe 1000-1800px now to get to results (past ai and sponsored results) - shit is trash - searxng good enough; just annoying to maintain sometimes when needed in a pinch m. degoog not bad either

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Y'all need Firefox + ublock and a different search engine. I havent seen an ad since 2007.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I use a mix of water fox & un googled chromium - but don’t even use google anyway; searxng 95% of the time. was just complaining about the poor UX of modern google

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

zen sometimes too - I like full width no menubar or navigation menus for casual browsing

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Wanted to second Firefox +ublock. I’ve been using that combo since last year and it is very potent.