Post B6l0RFbYkhgtDLNkMy by Npars01@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #B6WxXLnT92DgiXyplY by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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Google's (baffling) plans to turn search into ad-polluted AI won't make Google Search all that much worse than it is now.I use Kagi, which uses Google API, and others, to create a search that actually works well, and recommend it. I also fear Google will kill it.https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/google-marketing-live-search-ads/
(DIR) Post #B6WyIOXMm3ZMpJsf9E by greenWhale@dice.camp
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@dangillmor for now.
(DIR) Post #B6WzsaTHypguDenN1E by mweston@ieji.de
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@dangillmor +1 for @kagihq It feels good not being the product.
(DIR) Post #B6XHE8TeRORkzLpFdw by littlemouse@mastodon.scot
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@dangillmor Cory Doctorow shared his realization that Kagi operates as an anonymized, paid frontend to Google's search indexes.The "Enshittification"Proof: Doctorow pointed out that Kagi’s ability to bypass the spam, ads, and SEO garbage on Google—yielding a clean, chronological list—proves that Google actively chooses to "enshittify" its own free products to maximize ad revenue. By acting as a wrapper for Google's API, Kagi funnels subscription revenue to the trillion-dollar ad-tech giant.
(DIR) Post #B6l0RFbYkhgtDLNkMy by Npars01@mstdn.social
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@dangillmor When the fossil fuel industry decides to hijack the means of communication & convert it to propaganda... the planet fries.Sergey Brinhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tourElon Muskhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stakehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/twitter-x-saudi-arabia-advertisers-elon-musk-prince-alwaleed/Larry Ellison https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-wbd-saudi-arabia-qatar-abu-dhabi-elllison-hostile-billions-2025-12https://popular.info/p/kushner-and-saudis-back-hostile-takeoverhttps://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-warner-discovery-larry-ellison-saudi-arabia-qatar-wbd-deal-2025-12https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/30/blairs-net-zero-intervention-invites-scrutiny-of-his-institute-donorshttps://robertreich.substack.com/p/billionaires-the-media-and-trumpTim Cookhttps://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-13/trump-mbs-tout-1-trillion-saudi-deal-commitmenthttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-visit-to-us-donald-trump-us-sale-of-f-35s-to-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-murder-mbs/articleshow/125428105.cms