I disagree with perplexity.ai CEO Aravind Srinivas about the importance of sourcing in search results, but boy does he have Google's number here. Search for something they can't sell, you get an AI summary. Something they can, you don't. Try it yourself. From: www.fastcompany.com/91125423/per... - ThreadSky

carlbergstrom.com • 101 days ago

I disagree with https://perplexity.ai CEO Aravind Srinivas about the importance of sourcing in search results, but boy does he have Google's number here. Search for something they can't sell, you get an AI summary. Something they can, you don't. Try it yourself.

From: https://www.fastcompany.com/91125423/perplexity-ceo-aravind-srinivas-most-innovative-companies-gala-2024

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carlbergstrom.com•101 days ago

Or just go with my example.

greenrat.bsky.social•101 days ago

Dear Google, why have a shopping tab at all if your main tab results are shopping by default.

johnmashey.bsky.social•101 days ago

Yoru shoes example via that change:

openrisk.eu•101 days ago

Now extrapolate this perverse incentive to android and chrome, the only windows to the web most people have. Its mind boggling that it has come to pass that digital society must be run on the infrastructure of adtech. Ads should be sandboxed guests, not running the show.

nowsentient.bsky.social•101 days ago

I hate google period, avoided at all cost literally since it began. ( I owned an IT company, retired) Been using Perplexity since I stumbled on it- love it for my needs!

kastronut.bsky.social•101 days ago

Very true. I can’t find a link to an old document that I originally found on Google.

johnmashey.bsky.social•101 days ago

I assume you know about adding a new search engine as default, to get back to the simple old Googleappearance:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

twitskeptic.sirvin.com•101 days ago

Haven't been using Google much lately, so I just noticed this enshittified and biased new feature. Here's what "People Are Saying" if you google google.

twitskeptic.sirvin.com•101 days ago

Seems trustworthy.

kaeriani.bsky.social•101 days ago

This is really insightful. It's fascinating and frustrating how something we came to rely on became so broken in the name of "progress" and monetization.

carlbergstrom.com•101 days ago

Cory Doctorow said it first.

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

kaeriani.bsky.social•101 days ago

Thank you for the link

ingmba.bsky.social•101 days ago

And somehow it's better business to milk a platform dry (leading it to its doom) to maximize short term profits than to find a stable middle approach giving users a good experience in the long run...

duhe.bsky.social•101 days ago

See? It’s a good thing that our papers are products hidden behind paywalls. We only need to get the publishers to buy some freaking ads.

unlabeledelder.bsky.social•101 days ago

📌

irenepasquetto.bsky.social•101 days ago

That is so true, I had already noticed this a few weeks ago

karlheinzhermann.bsky.social•101 days ago

📌

visheshk.bsky.social•101 days ago

Can you share more about your disagreement re:sourcing?

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