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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find
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Not related to the article, totally anecdotal, and n=1, but it seems Google Maps has really dropped the ball as well.
Cannot confirm.
I use google maps regularly, and it mostly works fine.
However, google search engine (and youtube recommendations) have gone on a steeply downhill rollercoaster ride. Nowadays, I have difficulty researching even the most basic topics on Google, because it is so clustered with ads that I cannot tell anymore whether any website is genuine or trying to scam me.
YouTube ads for me has collapsed. I either get recommendations for things I already have and it makes no sense to get another one of or militant rightwing crap from Hillsdale "college", or Epoch Times.
As in? For me, Google search is a joke, but Google maps and mail at least still work reasonably well.
How so? Genuinely curious.
I don't get why it just doesn't work in some browsers.
The fact that it doesn't work the same in every browser sounds a lot like anti-competitive fuckery.
Not related to anything but I showered this morning and my feet already smell of sweaty feet.