[_aaed]

What is Google's job? Is it only to leech off the public internet?

[pacifika]

Broker ads intelligence

[withzombies]

The cache link predates Google's ads business

[amy-petrik-214]

As a private sector company their job is maximizing revenue forever. There old slogan was "don't be evil" they have a new slogan, which is "vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears"

[karlgkk]

Use the internet for a week without any search engine.

[tux3]

Google is not, in fact, the only search engine.

For most users the internet has 5, maybe 10 web sites. I can use Wikipedia search or LLMs when I have questions.

[fuzzy_biscuit]

I see your point with Wikipedia, but the writing is on the wall for LLMs: since they are replacing search engines for some users, it's only a matter of time before that experience gets polluted with "data-driven" ad clutter too.

[karlgkk]

Every search engine and also LLMs engage in the same problematic behavior.

Maybe just use Wikipedia search only then!

[meiraleal]

Compared to the experience of using google without ad Block?

[rat9988]

Well, you can put it like that, or you can answer in good faith.