[hakfoo]

The search concept might not be that disruptable in a lot of niches, because chat tends to provide an answer without context.

The traditional search-box-and-list-of-URLs at least provides attribution, which can be of huge value in some search scenarios.

If I have a health-related query, I want to see the links from research papers from legitimate institutions, or trusted authorities like the NHS. A human-language answer doesn't necessarily say "based on the groundbreaking research of wificausesherpes.com" at the end.

Any sort of comparison and recommendation searches are similarly iffy. That's why there are a trillion "best 8k webcam under $30 December 2022" affiliate-link-farm sites, but The Wirecutter and Consumer Reports still have some minor level of clout.