When I do a web search, I do not want Google to go to the websites for me, pull the information, and interpret it for me. I want it to give me a list of websites that I can read and evaluate myself because AI is frequently wrong: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
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@evacide "When I do a web search, I do not want Google."
@evacide I really wish people on here could resist the urge to recommend some other search engine.
@evacide can't read because it wants me to disable my ad blocker. Anyway, I migrated to qwant some time ago _exactly_ because I was so annoyed by AI summaries, and I have not looked back.
@evacide simple solution Startpage or Duckduckgo with deactivated AI summaries and functions. I still would recommend Startpage over Duck Duck Go because of AI trash.
@evacide you are so 2010... 😁 And so am I.
@evacide but that doesn't help their "users of ai" number go up. I love the grift of it all /s
On a more practical note:
Anybody have a list of ranges and user agents I can use to ban Google from ever again indexing my website(s)?
Are their “agentic search assistants” coming from the same places and with the same user agents?
For anyone that wants to turn it off
https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/381948916/how-to-shut-down-and-delete-the-ai-mode-from-google?hl=en
@evacide and since google still wants to make billions by selling keywords the llm summary will contain tailored wrong information catering to whoever pays the most.
It will be wrong on purpose.
The vast majority of third party search providers just use the google or bing index. I see a not so distant future where they stop selling access to the index. Killing off those other search engines over night.
@evacide That's why I don't use Google.
@evacide With the information at https://udm14.com/ its possible to get the regular search "back" (make it a default) again.
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"This shift means that “searching the web” will increasingly be performed by AI agents rather than humans."
At first I read "shit" instead of "shift" and it made sense all the same.
@evacide how do you decide what sources are trustworthy though? For youngsters learning this skill that's a thing they still have to master, and that's a long term journey.
I suspect that the newer generations prefer the AI way, because they search their question and get an answer. I've seen my own kids get frustrated with search results that didn't even come close to what they're looking for.
The fossil fuel interests behind Google's product development decisions aren't benign.
#PrinceBonesaw has his own agenda.
Information pollution to match his climate pollution & public corruption.
https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/mbs-despot-in-the-desert
https://archive.is/qddWQ
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
Koch Network has powerful allies in its ongoing anti-democracy propaganda efforts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html
