Too bad Google managed to burn almost all goodwill they had 20 years ago. I am amoung many people who would use their AI products only as the last resort, just like I do with search and browsers.
I have a colleague who is still pissed off about Google Reader. Nobody cares. The happy days of fun times with Google Labs in 2005 are the equivalent of my dad missing his 1965 Firebird when I was high school. 60% of the audience here doesn’t even know what you’re talking about.
If you’re doing serious work in a fast mover space and are refusing to understand a major player, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage.
I understand this particular major player quite well: I have learned to liberate my company from dependency on their products: you never know how long they are going to last.
And this is correct, because if Google takes over AI, it will kill it just like they're killing search results. For Google, selling ads is THE most important thing, so they will relegate AI results to a little corner of the page where no-one will care about.
Clearly they understand they need to integrate Gemini into search but it wasn't cheap or accurate enough yet. Do you really think THE search and AI giant is going to ignore AI search?