very_well_lost@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoDuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AIwww.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square160linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AIwww.pcworld.comvery_well_lost@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square160linkfedilink
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·20 days agoThat was the plan. That’s (I’m guessing) why the search results have slowly yet noticeably degraded since Ai has been consumer level. They WANT you to use Ai so they can cater the answers. (tin foil hat) I really do believe that though. Call me a conspiracy theorist but damn it, it fits.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 days ago the search results have slowly yet noticeably degraded You mean Google.
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoAnd Bing, and searches that use google and Bing results (DDG, ecosia)
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoAll of them. I use DDG as a primary and even those results are worse.
minus-squareredditmademedoit@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoIn Google Search’s prime DDG was still terrible and not a viable competitor even with the privacy advantage. Now both services are almost comparable, so it’s kind of a no-brainer to ditch Google.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 days agoThey WANT you to use Ai so they can cater the answers sell you ads and stop you from using the internet.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoSEO has been fucking up searches long before LLMs were a thing.
That was the plan. That’s (I’m guessing) why the search results have slowly yet noticeably degraded since Ai has been consumer level.
They WANT you to use Ai so they can cater the answers. (tin foil hat)
I really do believe that though. Call me a conspiracy theorist but damn it, it fits.
You mean Google.
And Bing, and searches that use google and Bing results (DDG, ecosia)
All of them. I use DDG as a primary and even those results are worse.
In Google Search’s prime DDG was still terrible and not a viable competitor even with the privacy advantage. Now both services are almost comparable, so it’s kind of a no-brainer to ditch Google.
They WANT you to use Ai so they can
cater the answerssell you ads and stop you from using the internet.SEO has been fucking up searches long before LLMs were a thing.