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Turns out that making Google search unusable was an intentional strategy by the company. (lemmygrad.ml)

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https://journalrecord.com/2025/02/20/is-google-making-search-worse-to-sell-more-ads/

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There are plenty of emails showing their intention to make search worse for $$$. Ed Zitron wrote on this topic: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

I appreciate the added context, thanks.

I am not claiming that Google is or isn't doing this. I made my comment because from the title and the text in the image I built an initial impression which was refuted when I looked further into it.

Critical examination of this post is not about answering "Is Google making search results worse on purpose?", but actually a much less ambitious question: does the sourced article provide strong enough evidence to support the assertion "Turns out that making Google search unusable was an intentional strategy by the company"? I don't think so, so I made a comment.