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Aug 11, 2026, 9:53 AM"Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage"
https://searchenginewatch.com/google-tests-ai-focused-homepage-for-signed-out-users/
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Pixel Dunnhacknorris@mstdn.socialAug 11, 2026, 10:08 AM@protonprivacy me with ddg & startpage & qwant:
Eyegrb090423@mastodon.socialAug 11, 2026, 10:35 AMYou'll use AI and like it!
Aug 11, 2026, 12:40 PM@protonprivacy So riddle me this:
if search results page was never intended, only to cover for in case the top result was "wrong",
yet no one wants the only result from Google because, to this day like all AI chatbots, it still makes mistakes,
then do we wait for the day that search results are gone completely because Google has so much confidence in their AI fixing their search that they don't need this "bug" anymore? even if the majority, both competitors and users, still rely on results page?
* By "we wait", I mean investors wait. The general public doesn't have to use Google, or stick around anymore.