google was always by far the best search engine compared to the competition, so data harvesting, advertising etc were accepted costs of doing business. now sear

google was always by far the best search engine compared to the competition, so data harvesting, advertising etc were accepted costs of doing business. now search engines all suck with the advent of seo, ai pollution, and enshittification - so there is no longer an overwhelming benefit to using google. interesting to witness control slip from a behemoth.