Google search is dead

[UnbornTao]

I'm using Firefox and Startpage now.

Chromium, the project most browsers are based on (Brave, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Helium), will soon drop support for Manifest V2 extensions, limiting the functionality of ad blockers.

I've heard good things about Zen Browser - a Firefox derivative.

Edited 7 hours ago by UnbornTao

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@UnbornTao I'll give zen browser a walk around the block.

AI is being forced at every turn. I have uses for it, but most of the time I spend checking it's work - time I would spend actually doing the work myself. So I'm not actually saving any time, using my mind less and losing its sharpness / skill. 

I just don't need as much AI as is creeping in.

I use it mainly for document compilation and administration. Nothing high level as the amount of redo / revision of its work wastes more time than me doing the work.

Bit of a tangent 

Edited yesterday at 04:21 PM by Natasha Tori Maru

[UnbornTao]

8 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@UnbornTao I'll give zen browser a walk around the block.

AI is being forced at every turn. I have uses for it, but most of the time I spend checking it's work - time I would spend actually doing the work myself. So I'm not actually saving any time, using my mind less and losing its sharpness / skill. 

I just don't need as much AI as is creeping in.

I use it mainly for document compilation and administration. Nothing high level as the amount of redo / revision of its work wastes more time than me doing the work.

Bit of a tangent 

Yeah, it's a sad state of affairs, in this context.

I like to think of LLMs as autocorrect on steroids, or as smart, interactive dictionaries. Something like that.

[rnd]

On 5/20/2026 at 4:28 AM, Natasha Tori Maru said:

AI slop now. Thank riddence I binned google as a search engine over a year ago.

Every half a year or year something gets dead, to then continue to exist. How many those "dead" have there been? Why do you consider a temporary swing as something "dead"?
When will sensationalism finally get dead?  

By the way, Open AI has been loosing  billions monthly. It's not been profitable, that is.
 

Edited 14 hours ago by rnd

[Natasha Tori Maru]

13 minutes ago, rnd said:

Every half a year or year something gets dead, to then continue to exist. How many those "dead" have there been? Why do you consider a temporary swing as something "dead"?
When will sensationalism finally get dead?  

By the way, Open AI has been loosing  billions monthly. It's not been profitable, that is.
 

It's called rhetoric

I have used Google since it was established.

It is very, very poor quality now. So, to me, it is dead. 

[Joseph Maynor]

Not really.  I still use Google Search on occasion.

[Mellowmarsh]

On 21/05/2026 at 0:28 PM, Rigel said:

What is a good search engine?

The mind of God.

And God looked upon all that was made, and indeed, it was very good. 👍 The engine is the driver. And the driver is God. 
 

The search ends in the research that never began.

 

Disclaimer: I’m just kidding. That’s what goats do.

Edited 8 hours ago by Mellowmarsh

[LordFall]

10 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

It's called rhetoric

I have used Google since it was established.

It is very, very poor quality now. So, to me, it is dead. 

How is it poor quality? It still works better than most search engines if not all. I use duckduckgo too and it indexes a lot of stuff poorly. I would go as far as Google is one of the best companies at everything and is more on top of their shit than anyone. They have the best map software and the best cloud infrastructure and the best video hosting platform. Google is goated come on now Natasha take off the boomer hat.

Even this great meme is courtesy of Gemini 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@LordFall how has it changed? 

[LordFall]

Hasn't changed it still works as intended you just got got by anti AI propaganda 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

14 minutes ago, LordFall said:

Hasn't changed it still works as intended you just got got by anti AI propaganda 

It has. 

I've probably been using google a lot longer than you. 

Stop trying to push your anti AI agenda rhetoric on me in place of actually thinking about the question. I'm not anti AI. I don't run around accusing you of being obsessed with AI. Or implying it's blinding you etc.

Edited 3 hours ago by Natasha Tori Maru

[LordFall]

Well I’ve explained in my original comment that I don’t think the quality of the indexing has gotten worse and any competitor I use seems much worse. 
 

You’ve only put ai slop as a comment in your original thread that’s why I made the boomer meme. If you have actual criticism against the platform I’d be curious to hear them. For me it only got better and the AI summaries they put at the top of queries saves me a lot of time since I think most sites are trash at displaying information efficiently so usually it saves me time.