[xdertz]

LLMs are great for product research, as in "I want to buy X, what brands are there and what are the pros/cons and what do users report".

Lots of potential to game the results there. If that is enough to sustain the business is another question.

[surgical_fire]

They are only great right now because, unlike web search, results are not yet sufficiently gamed and monetized.

There was a time, in an age long gone, when a cursory web search was great for product research too.