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One of the reasons people prefer AI to visiting the source websites is because the source websites have so often made it such an unpleasant experience, making y
by JimDabell 1y ago
One of the reasons people prefer AI to visiting the source websites is because the source websites have so often made it such an unpleasant experience, making you jump through hoops and navigate a maze of dark patterns. Meanwhile, AI gives you what you want without all those roadblocks.
This is like Napster vs iTunes all over again. People started paying for media online as soon as it became convenient to do so. You make things inconvenient for people, you’ll lose out to whatever the more convenient option is.
- johnnienaked 1y agoWho? Who prefers AI?
- frizlab 1y agoIf this is an owl joke it’s hilarious
- JimDabell 1y agoChatGPT alone has 800M WAU and there have been several articles recently describing how AI has a large chilling effect on search engine referrals, including the article we are currently discussing. This is very clearly a mainstream preference.
- johnnienaked 1y agoGoogle search was dying long before ChatGPT
- JimDabell 1y agoYou seem to be ignoring the article, the two articles linked in the first paragraph of the article, and most of my comment.
- johnnienaked 1y agoYour statistic doesn't really say anything, and it doesn't answer the question I asked. I, and Im not alone, would very much prefer old google to new AI slop.
- frizlab 1y agoI do too. And I have it (Kagi).