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Is Google about to destroy the web? (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 day ago by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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mostly shit already. ymmv

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Google disagrees. In fact, the company tells the BBC that AI Overviews have been good for the web, and AI Mode will be no different. Google insists these features send users to "a greater diversity of websites" and the traffic is "higher quality" because people spend more time on the links they click.

However, the company hasn't provided data to back up these claims.

This is how we know they are lying.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Google disagrees. In fact, the company tells the BBC “Trust us, bro.”

Non-AI summary.

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

More time per click is such a useless metric for the end user.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 1 points 17 hours ago

I could spend a lot of time sifting through ads, nag screens and bullshit to find the actual detail I want on a webpage.