i think general purpose search engines will always have a place, but they're ultimately a tool you use for finding information, not necessarily a tool you shoul

i think general purpose search engines will always have a place, but they're ultimately a tool you use for finding information, not necessarily a tool you should be expecting to make decisions for you. so many of the complaints about google search results seem to be along the lines of "i asked google what X i should purchase, and they served me an ad", whether that's a first-party ad on google or search results that are external ads. If you're only attempting to use a search engine to find facts, it's a much more satisfactory experience. search results for opinions are and have always been trash - they don't serve you the best opinion, or the most trustworthy, or the most well-reasoned. they serve you the opinion most relevant to your search terms. and that's probably not what you want.