I think this is kind of reductive.
I mean it's a nice narrative and sounds like what we want to hear but is it really true? Trump has had his metaphoric pants pulled down a bunch of times but he has more influence than ever.
I don't think there's any simple 3 sentence explanation. Trump is a symptom of a complex array of interconnected problems.
I'm trying... I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd ringo.
... and yet here we are ?
Nonsense. Your metaphor is not analogous.
Sophisticated tech firms do extensive analysis with reference groups, A/B testing, et cetera.
Guaranteed, they've found that they get better engagement with their product through these AI results.
This might shock you but a group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy is not an indicative sample of opinions.
Hyperbole & subjective. Flatpaks aren't all that.
My point is, it seems like moat people disagree with you given that search providers put this stuff in their results.
Obviously I pay for a search engine. The advertising funded web is shit.
That's true, but I think people still appreciate it... like it's accurate enough, enough of the time, for people to find it helpful.
I like kagi more than ddg. It's not free but meh.
Ugh. Do you really want that though? They do have a store don't they? Just no one wants to use it.
Debian has had a browseable catalog since forever but it's still waaay better to just go to a third party's website and see how they say to install whatever thing.
I feel like most commenters here would think "no one wants the stupid ai response", but obviously some people like it or they wouldn't do it. I think if your searches are more general kind of "can I catch chicken pox from chickens" type questions it might be helpful ?
I'll never call it X.
It's twitter. Perhaps xitter if you must. On mastodon it's universally referred to as "the other place" which is acceptable.