I agree with every point he made there, and then some. Google don't just own search, they own the actual browser you use to search on. Google has changed how extensions work within Chrome which has made it much harder for ad blockers to work properly. These changes get folded into Chromium, so that means Edge, Opera and Brave get enshittified as well.
He also touched on how AI is ruining image searching. Well, it's doing the same for basic search as well. Why pay a sweatshop in Asia to churn out your spam pages when you can train a computer to do it instead? The problem is this absolute shite is pumped out onto the internet, which is being used to train the next generations of AI. Garbage in, Garbage out in an exponential feedback loop, all the while poisoning the well of the greatest information source the world has ever known.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 22 Oct 2024, 8:40,
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That sounds like an accurate summary
A couple of days ago I searched for ways of removing a scratch on toughened glass, and the first AI suggestion was "Apply soapy water, leave for 15 minutes and dry with a cloth".
As for the state of UIs, Gmail has one of the worst UIs I've ever used - functionality scattered all over the screen, hidden subject lines, hard to tell what you're actually replying to etc.
Even though I've been hooked on tech for decades, I sometimes find myself thinking I'm glad I won't have to deal with the impending mess that's going to affect so many jobs in one way or another.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Tue 22 Oct 2024, 10:10,
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