L4sBotJun 27, 2023

Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts

https://lemmy.world/post/672098

Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts - Lemmy.world

Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

Show threadNutWrenchJun 27, 2023
Yeah, no kidding. Google's been getting lazy with its search results. The first dozen hits on most Google searches are either YouTube or Reddit results.
Show thread5200Jun 27, 2023
The YouTube videos that should have been a post or an article shoved down your throat are aggravating.
Show threadsudneoJun 27, 2023

Oh so it's not only me. 15 minutes of video, 3 ads, to get some information that I cannot copy paste with distractions and entertainment, when all I was looking for was the equivalent of half A4 page of text.

I don't blame the creators, to be clear, but I blame who created the economical conditions that made this happen.

Show threadHLB217

15 minutes of video, 3 ads

And this is why it's objectively moral and ethically good to use ublock.

Jun 27, 2023 at 11:43pmWeb
Show threadArcticCircleSystemJun 28, 2023
uBlock Origin is better. I'm pretty sure uBlock sold out to that Better Ads Commission thing. ~Nai