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Hey Google. Here's a really stupid idea.

Knock it off.

Your core search result product has gotten increasingly worse and less reliable over at least the last 5 years. YouTube's search results are nearly unusable.

I can't imagine almost any external customer is asking for the AI bullshit thing that's just being shovelwared into everything Alphabet product now.

I just noticed a couple days ago the gmail iOS app now does the same predictive completion that Copilot tries to do when I'm working. It's annoying as hell and I can't find how or if I can turn it off.

Stop bullshitting around with ruining your products and get back to making money by making accessing information easier and more accurate.



Google: Hey geuis, our revenue is record, our stock value is record, our metrics are all at record. The execs making decisions have just paid of millions in stock [1] making them staggeringly rich no matter what happens in the future. We can't hear your over the sound of green bills going BRRRRR.

[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/alphabet-google-executive-pa...


Most accurate description of Google I have seen. YT search is so, so bad. Three relevant results followed by twelve "people also watched" results then back to the good results.


Although ChatGPT is a great product, I rely on it more and more not because it's improving, but because Google results are getting worse.

Yeah I would still fact check for complex, indepth things...but for quick things where I'm knowledgeable enough I can smell the hallucinations from a mile away, ChatGPT 100%.




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