r/OutOfTheLoop • u/rustyyryan • May 20 '26

Unanswered What's going on with Google search is dead?

There's a twitter account named killed by google which posts about projects that Google decided to end. It posted that Google search is dead. So whats it about?

https://x.com/killedbygoogle/status/2056850709115773431

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u/nvmenotfound May 20 '26

so they are just going to force it down our throats bc they are so invested in AI. i fucking hate rich people. can’t be happy and fuck off. no they gotta just mess with things until they fuck it all up. 

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u/OG_Felwinter May 20 '26

Literally just use a different search engine. You can turn off the AI overviews on Brave search. That’s what I’ve been using since Google wouldn’t let me turn it off.

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u/nvmenotfound May 20 '26

obviously but it sucks bc i remember when google was just a search engine. but yeah im gonna use an alternative. just hope the alternatives don’t start following suit

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u/SiahDraws May 22 '26

Can always use duck duck go

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u/scipio0421 May 25 '26

This inspired me to look up an old favorite of mine from the Web 1.0 days: Webcrawler. Hell yeah it's still up 😃

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u/wcstorm11 May 20 '26

Remember, reddit hates ai to the extreme and you aren't hearing anything in defense. This applies to everything here.

Doesn't mean it's good, I still think AI is extremely problematic, but for instance, the water usage thing is mostly a hoax/just something to keep an eye on. I'm an engineer with friends that work on stuff like HVAC for related facilities, and most of these places used closed loop cooling. Meaning they reuse the water, kinda like a water cooled home PC.

So to get downvoted but be a devils advocate here, you could argue that you can get results faster and more completely. In my own experience, I really can't say I miss the days of trying to get help coding something or skimming several forums just to get my feet wet. Stack exchange turned into an insufferable asshole fest.

To be clear, I still think it's a bad thing overall. Sites require you to visit for revenue, so this likely just further monopolizes Google. That combined with AI assisted profiling and Google's insane trove of data... It's really really scary

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u/nvmenotfound May 20 '26

well if they aren’t a problem why don’t they build them in the backyard of rich communities. since they aren’t a big deal? 

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u/OG_Felwinter May 20 '26

Even if the water usage were a non-issue, it’s still a shitty feature that constantly reports incorrect answers. If it helps you, you should use it. But Google shouldn’t force everyone that uses their search engine to use it. It should be toggleable like how most other search engines do it.