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I think the jury is still out on that one.

I think the initial idea to make disparate knowledge available more easily is a great one. And as old as recorded knowledge.

So the idea of a search engine in itself is a great one imho. But the idea of an ad-display-engine is imho not so clear cut. Especially when it is a de facto monopoly.

Especially when the monopolist can go the route of active enshittification, making stuff harder to find just to increase ad revenue.

Just to name one example, where we might want to wait until we take a look at the scales and decide if it really is a net benefit to the world, what Google is doing.