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The search chatbot used to be opt-in, but now Google will try it on normal users.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The report says "Google told us they want to get feedback from searchers who have not opted into SGE specifically. This way they can get feedback and learn how a more general population will find this technology helpful."

Here's your feedback:

Fix the damn search, and stop making it worse by making me scroll past your garbage bot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I really hate that I have to scroll past an entire page and a half to get to actual search results and not all the built-in Google crap.

Bing is doing this too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's great for finding specific recipes