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Google is automatically expanding AI Overviews on some search queries, pushing users into AI mode by default, without requiring the user to click the "Show more" button. Burying search results under (i.ibb.co)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1371599/google-is-automatically-expanding-ai-overviews-on-some-search-queries-pushing-users-into

This is not good for publishers, not good at all.

Before the change:

After the change:

Source: Search Engine Roundtable.

Google is automatically expanding AI Overviews on some search queries, pushing users into AI mode by default, without requiring the user to click the "Show more" button. Burying search results under

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago

Sundar Pichai is a terrible person.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I stopped using Google as soon as they started with those AI summaries. Definitely started my path to fully degoogling.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Don't. Use. Google.

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Eat it!! Eat it!!!

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    and now for the solution: https://tenbluelinks.org/

    I switched my default search engine to https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

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