Not if I completely stop using Google search.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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Why is Google determined to kill one of its cash cows? Cramming AI into search results feels like “New Coke”.
There's been ads in Google for over a decade now.
Google doesn’t have a choice. Consider how few in the younger audience actually use proper search engines. Heaven forbid, they ask their questions on TikTok. It’s a mighty gamble but without a doubt hesitation is failure now that AI is yet another competitor eating up the search space.
I've seen this mentioned a few times before but never get how it works. How do you even use TikTok as a search engine?
Never used TikTok. I guess one searches "How to do X?" and shows tutorial videos each a mintue or so? Or "the Best birthday gifts" then a bunch of video trys to sell you the "best" gift? I have no idea.
This is one thing I would love to actually see some data about, because I have never seen people not using search engines, no matter the age, but I see a lot of people on the internet claiming that younger people don't use search engines anymore.
So you need an ad blocker for that, too?
Yes ublock origin can do that with simple script
The only scripts I've seen still leave a giant empty box at the top... Are there any that fix this too?
No because you will be using duckduckgo or something else
Will they be AI ads