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If you tell someone to “Google it” at this point you’re telling them to look up five ads and some AI-generated bs instead of the actual thing they want to know.

old guy takes long hit on the bong

“Back in my day, search engines used to find things besides the wreckage of late-stage capitalism.”

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10 points

Not really true.

Googles stance on protecting net neutrality totally changed over the years with the cell phone internet browsing, and them getting in bed with Verizon. Google=Verizon

Obama fought off the end of net neutrality his entire presidency.

Now they have a large financial reasonability to direct you to specific content and companies

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/net-neutrality-is-ending-heres-how-your-internet-use-could-change

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I’m not defending Google itself, just noting that the declining quality of its search is based less on a malicious decision on Google’s part and more a result of SEO.

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I mean, the 5+ ads that Google serves at the top before real results are not the result of SEO. It’s a problem sure, but don’t take the credit away from Google. They worked hard to make sure you see those ads.

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