<![CDATA[ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris.]]>ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris.

With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.

https://disconnect.blog/google-is-its-own-worst-enemy/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8a261d35-9d69-445e-852e-c7243a28233c/chatgpt-was-never-google-s-biggest-threat-it-was-always-its-own-hubris.RSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 18:42:28 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 11:52:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Thu, 21 May 2026 17:11:06 GMT]]>@parismarx thank you for this collection.
Are you aware of the following hashtags:
(Digital Independence Day)
Most of the messages will be in German.
The project started end of last year at the (Chaos Computer Club), the biggest German hacker society. https://www.ccc.de/en/
Maybe interesting for you.
Best regards from Germany
Peet

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Peet/statuses/116613674869701641https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Peet/statuses/116613674869701641Thu, 21 May 2026 17:11:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Thu, 21 May 2026 02:51:10 GMT]]>@parismarx
Google Docs is the one holdout. I do use Proton docs when I can but it's not as full-featured as Gdocs sadly

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.praxis.nyc/users/camille/statuses/116610293481732020https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.praxis.nyc/users/camille/statuses/116610293481732020Thu, 21 May 2026 02:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:47:54 GMT]]>@jaredwhite @parismarx I did say virtually useless,
Mastodon and related social or some of the few places left that have not been enshittified

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/kcpoole/statuses/116609100967903605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/kcpoole/statuses/116609100967903605Wed, 20 May 2026 21:47:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:50 GMT]]>@parismarx moved away long time before LLMs got big, all the tracking and searches was linked to what you were fed when it came to advertisements online.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aho/statuses/116608782230033272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aho/statuses/116608782230033272Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:12:19 GMT]]>@parismarx well it was fun while it lasted ..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/laurencelawlor/statuses/116608725140203631https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/laurencelawlor/statuses/116608725140203631Wed, 20 May 2026 20:12:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 18:35:07 GMT]]>@parismarx

Yep, over a year building a decentrilized search engine, i thought people here would have jump on #TidySearch

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KS3AQ25W250QFDBWWYEYCWAVhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KS3AQ25W250QFDBWWYEYCWAVWed, 20 May 2026 18:35:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:13:34 GMT]]>@alpacamale @parismarx Exactly. Similar experience here.

IMO Google isn't going to kill the web or search, they're sabotaging their own business model. People are going to move on. At some point, google will inevitably reverse course.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/txtx/statuses/116608022217955272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/txtx/statuses/116608022217955272Wed, 20 May 2026 17:13:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:10:14 GMT]]>@parismarx

It’s an utter stupidity…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116608009113561625https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116608009113561625Wed, 20 May 2026 17:10:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:04:06 GMT]]>@parismarx https://killedbygoogle.com/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116607749123047026https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116607749123047026Wed, 20 May 2026 16:04:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:27:43 GMT]]>@parismarx Haven't used Google search for about two years now. Search is a commodity and there are many alternatives. Getting rid of Google search is surprisingly easy. No network effects, no real incentive to stick with it. You can just go to another search engine. The cost of switching is basically zero.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/ap/users/116232768628584081/statuses/116607606059043020https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/ap/users/116232768628584081/statuses/116607606059043020Wed, 20 May 2026 15:27:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:46:46 GMT]]>@parismarx

A timely reminder that most products that Google tried to develop itself (instead of buying from competitors) miserably failed all the time!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/clockwooork/statuses/116607444979973691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/clockwooork/statuses/116607444979973691Wed, 20 May 2026 14:46:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:46:45 GMT]]>@kjetilg I'll check it out!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/parismarx/statuses/116607444946658874https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/parismarx/statuses/116607444946658874Wed, 20 May 2026 14:46:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:42:35 GMT]]>@thegaffer @parismarx I've also been using Kagi on the $10/month plan and I'm really happy with it for the same reasons.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/BatsInLavender/statuses/116607428560639606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/BatsInLavender/statuses/116607428560639606Wed, 20 May 2026 14:42:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:22:07 GMT]]>@parismarx
Fortunately there are other search engines which still work, and some even let you block AI results. Setting google to only search results from before 2019 also helps, but it doesnt work for image searches for some reason.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsammich/statuses/116607348095131018https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsammich/statuses/116607348095131018Wed, 20 May 2026 14:22:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:20:11 GMT]]>@parismarx The Norwegian weather service Yr (meaning drizzle) is popular also internationally:
https://www.yr.no/en
They also have mobile apps.
Made by MET Norway and the public broadcasting company NRK. Free and no ads.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kjetilg/statuses/116607340481935145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kjetilg/statuses/116607340481935145Wed, 20 May 2026 14:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 13:56:48 GMT]]>@parismarx I started using several months ago. After a quick foray with their free trial, I quickly decided that $10/month was well worth all the value they deliver (search, translate, assistant...).

Since switching to Kagi, I don't think I've done a single Google search, unless it was by accident.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hobbitwhispers.social/users/thegaffer/statuses/116607248553874040https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hobbitwhispers.social/users/thegaffer/statuses/116607248553874040Wed, 20 May 2026 13:56:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 13:55:01 GMT]]>@parismarx I read this with much interest. As I was reading I found out that I had already done it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mikemorrow1956/statuses/116607241493650186https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mikemorrow1956/statuses/116607241493650186Wed, 20 May 2026 13:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 13:22:30 GMT]]>@kcpoole @parismarx We're on the open social web right now.

Rumors of the web's death are greatly exaggerated. 😅

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116607113673344668https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116607113673344668Wed, 20 May 2026 13:22:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 12:54:11 GMT]]>@parismarx isnt the web already dead?
To me its virtually useless now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/kcpoole/statuses/116607002313611152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/kcpoole/statuses/116607002313611152Wed, 20 May 2026 12:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 12:53:11 GMT]]>@parismarx Duckduckgo is a good search engine...

https://european-alternatives.eu/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116606998369457490https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116606998369457490Wed, 20 May 2026 12:53:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 12:45:08 GMT]]>@parismarx I read that article when you first posted it, and it’s still solid.

A question, though, that occurred to me with this Google search change and I was reminded about scanning over this article again: StartPage strips out the trackers from Google search results and offers those for its search results. What’s idea going to happen to it now that Google will effectively not offer any (clickable/reliable/not slop) search results?

I’m going to throw this onto a stand-alone post as well in case others have any insight.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/reay/statuses/116606966703521870https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/reay/statuses/116606966703521870Wed, 20 May 2026 12:45:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. on Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:52 GMT]]>Last year I put together a guide to help people get off US tech — and that includes Google. There are a lot of alternatives there they will help you make a plan to pull away from Google services, and all the rest of them too.

https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/parismarx/statuses/116606792648173184https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/parismarx/statuses/116606792648173184Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:52 GMT