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I don't know which product you're even talking about.

If you mean AI Overview, you really need to cite the source of this claim:

> seeing that it drives consumers away from your product

Because every single source I can find claims that Google search grew in 2024[0]. HN is not a good focus group for a product that targets billions of people.

[0]: For example https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-growth-39040.html but feel free to provide a more credible source that claims the opposite.



One can also interpret the growth as a failure from product p.o.v though it drives views.

With AI summaries being hit or miss, we may say users now need to do 20% more searches to find what they are looking for.

Numbers aren't always a good proxy for customer satisfaction.


This was literally their policy. Make the searches worse so people search more.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/


That's pure genius.

Make cars break faster so you can sell more cars.




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