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Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

the absolute state of capitalism-driven internet in the year 2024: you have to choose a specific option on an internet search engine website in order to search the internet.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Google isn't just a search engine any more and hasn't been for nearly a decade. Over the years it has slowly become humanity's general-purpose information indexer. That includes the Web but it's restricted to it. Add in some advertising and that's Google.