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Still in shock that they killed reverse image search and replaced it with some useless AI tech demo. It used to use the actual image and be able to provide con

Still in shock that they killed reverse image search and replaced it with some useless AI tech demo. It used to use the actual image and be able to provide context from where that image was found elsewhere. Now it seems to throw the image at AI and the AI will go "Oh that's a street" then they will just show you streets with similar colors as the image you put in. Completely useless for trying to locate what movie a screenshot is from, or even similar images because the category searching is too general. Yandex image search completely blows it out of the water by being nothing more than a modern version of 2010 era Google Image Search.

bitcharmer 5y ago
> Still in shock that they killed reverse image search How is this shocking? Google has a very strong track record in killing useful services.
dageshi 5y ago
I vaguely remember there being some legal reason for that? I think something to do with getty images.
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  That didn’t impact the search tech it impacted the button to search similar under each image result when expanded. Ruining the tech came years later.
UweSchmidt 5y ago
Another alternative: https://tineye.com https://tineye.com
- dmix 5y ago
  Tineye has always been superior to Google reverse image search (Assuming that's what they were going for, not sure Google really put effort into it)
dodobirdlord 5y ago
Google Image Search has been getting regulated out of existence by the EU for the last few years.
YaBomm 5y ago
try Yandex, it's really good
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  I mentioned it in the post. Extremely impressed with Yandex.
  - YaBomm 5y ago
- MidnightRaver 5y ago
  My go-to porn finder.
pinot 5y ago
GIS now includes screenshots autogenerated from YT videos. Sometimes helpful but if I wanted to find a video I’d do that.
svth 5y ago
Have you tried using TinEye.com for reverse image search?
tiborsaas 5y ago
Not sure what you are talking about, but it's still available and it still works: https://imgur.com/a/u4864CK https://imgur.com/a/u4864CK I've just dragged a random image from my desktop and hit "all sizes"
- cyllek 5y ago
  An update on chrome replaced google image search with "Search Image with Google Lens" in some instances https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/rgcdbg/google_chrome_update_replaced_search_google_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/rgcdbg/google_chrom...
  - edm0nd 5y ago
    You can switch it back in the settings
floatingeye 5y ago
I totally agree with you in that it is now completely useless in comparison to what it was. But to be fair the accurate version could be used maliciously (for stalking someone, etc). I just don't use that tool at all anymore.

bitcharmer 5y ago

> Still in shock that they killed reverse image search How is this shocking? Google has a very strong track record in killing useful services.

dageshi 5y ago

I vaguely remember there being some legal reason for that? I think something to do with getty images.

whywhywhywhy 5y ago
That didn’t impact the search tech it impacted the button to search similar under each image result when expanded. Ruining the tech came years later.

UweSchmidt 5y ago

Another alternative: https://tineye.com https://tineye.com

dmix 5y ago
Tineye has always been superior to Google reverse image search (Assuming that's what they were going for, not sure Google really put effort into it)

dodobirdlord 5y ago

Google Image Search has been getting regulated out of existence by the EU for the last few years.

YaBomm 5y ago

try Yandex, it's really good

whywhywhywhy 5y ago
I mentioned it in the post. Extremely impressed with Yandex.
- YaBomm 5y ago
MidnightRaver 5y ago
My go-to porn finder.

pinot 5y ago

GIS now includes screenshots autogenerated from YT videos. Sometimes helpful but if I wanted to find a video I’d do that.

svth 5y ago

Have you tried using TinEye.com for reverse image search?

tiborsaas 5y ago

Not sure what you are talking about, but it's still available and it still works: https://imgur.com/a/u4864CK https://imgur.com/a/u4864CK I've just dragged a random image from my desktop and hit "all sizes"

cyllek 5y ago
An update on chrome replaced google image search with "Search Image with Google Lens" in some instances https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/rgcdbg/google_chrome_update_replaced_search_google_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/rgcdbg/google_chrom...
- edm0nd 5y ago
  You can switch it back in the settings

floatingeye 5y ago

I totally agree with you in that it is now completely useless in comparison to what it was. But to be fair the accurate version could be used maliciously (for stalking someone, etc). I just don't use that tool at all anymore.