KingJan 23, 2024

Back in my day

https://lemy.lol/post/18451987

Back in my day - lemy

BlueSky Post. [https://bsky.app/profile/kevinhearne.bsky.social/post/3kjnofkjvyf2j] ::: spoiler Transcript. If you tell someone to “Google it” at this point you’re telling them to look up five ads and some AI-generated bs instead of the actual thing they want to know. old guy takes long hit on the bong “Back in my day, search engines used to find things besides the wreckage of late-stage capitalism.” :::

Show threadgivesomefucksJan 23, 2024

Google was a “disrupter”

Which means they burnt investor money for years to deliver a great product while not making any profit.

Once they gain market share and are the default, enshitification begins and people eventually wonder why they’re still using it.

Show threadqooqieJan 23, 2024
Haven’t used Google in months and haven’t felt any loss in my quality of life. Protonmail and DuckDuckGo, easy peasy
Show threadodiumJan 23, 2024
The one Google product that I still use is Google maps. Openstreetmaps just isn’t as good in my area and only Google maps, Waze, and Apple maps have accurate traffic data here.
Show threadKnoLordJan 23, 2024
While live traffic might be a hurdle (even though Magic Earth, despite not being FOSS, has good enough data, at least for me), why not contribute to OSM yourself?
Show threadXanvial
For me, the main advantage of Google maps is the traffic preview. Mostly used daily to find fastest road between home and workplace
Jan 24, 2024 at 4:23amWeb