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[–] 44 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I remember before ai I would just find what I needed with the.first link. Now I need to scroll past 3 ad links. Even duckduckgo has sponsored links.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Yes. I miss the days when the Wikipedia article was the first result. Now, even with ddg, to get to the Wikipedia article I have to add wikipedia to the query... This is so sad...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Even without the ads, I can't get past the SRO or AI slop. I don't even understand how to search things anymore.

    I was looking for tips on picking blackberries and the top 5 results were 10 page long essays of mindless garbage with one sentence in the middle somewhere that said "wear gloves". No fucking shit eh.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    They've gotta pay the bills somehow. If you're not paying for it, someone else is, and that mean either selling ad spots, or selling your info.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Not really the case with Google though, at least not anymore. They have more money than ever. They could very well go with less ads, but they instead shove more and more down people's throats.

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