<![CDATA[It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it.]]>It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. What started as a joke (the famous "It's not AI" video with @jon), is starting to feel dystopian at this point.

Anyway. Swimming against the current is exhausting, but the fight for a better web is more important than ever. And as long as there’s people willing to take the fight, there’s hope. 🔥 So we'll keep resisting: no opt-in, no opt-out, no nonsense. ✊

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6c18f2a9-28fe-4d1e-9db3-0cbcf10ebd23/it-s-not-a-secret-that-google-isn-t-the-apple-of-our-eye-there-s-a-reason-why-we-don-t-make-any-money-from-search-deals-with-them-but-yesterday-s-announcement-about-the-changes-coming-to-google-search-are-plain-depressing-for-the-web-as-we-know-it.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 07:56:01 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 19:35:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:06:10 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon switch to Gecko then I'll use Vivaldi

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bne.social/users/phocks/statuses/116609172772238453https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bne.social/users/phocks/statuses/116609172772238453Wed, 20 May 2026 22:06:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:05:21 GMT]]>@benroyce @monkeyben @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon
So that's why I had to switch my mobile data on the other morning!

No matter - Maccas is enemy territory to me anyway

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Hedgewizard/statuses/116609169617260109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Hedgewizard/statuses/116609169617260109Wed, 20 May 2026 22:05:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:55:57 GMT]]>@monkeyben @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

Da fuq

That's absurd

I believe you. I'm just amazed at the abusiveness

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116609132622636888https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116609132622636888Wed, 20 May 2026 21:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:55:52 GMT]]>@gre @Vivaldi @jon Aaaaa duck duck goo... It hasnt been long since i switched to qwant because boicot america reasons. But it was a real good browser.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116609132283311336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116609132283311336Wed, 20 May 2026 21:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:53:50 GMT]]>@TritTriton 🥹❤️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Vivaldi/statuses/116609124306972802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Vivaldi/statuses/116609124306972802Wed, 20 May 2026 21:53:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:48:57 GMT]]>@FrutigerAero00 @Vivaldi @jon I switch over to Duck Duck Go when Qwant tries to tell me that the rest of the search results aren't relevant.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116592236140707789/statuses/116609105086715977https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116592236140707789/statuses/116609105086715977Wed, 20 May 2026 21:48:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:43:17 GMT]]>@gre @Vivaldi @jon Ddg? Im using qwant too but never heard of ddg. Qwant is pretty neat. As far as I know they don't have problematic policies. If something, they have AI but you can disable it (i think completely)
But heck, even ecosia has ai so...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116609082817329023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116609082817329023Wed, 20 May 2026 21:43:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:40:44 GMT]]>@benroyce

Unless you are on McDonald's WiFi. I've found they block the no AI version 🤬

@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116609072797861237https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116609072797861237Wed, 20 May 2026 21:40:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:50 GMT]]>@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon Unless I've missed something awful about Startpage (entirely possible as we approach Peak Enshittification so quickly) they seem ok

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/eaterofsnacks/statuses/116609057462855307https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/eaterofsnacks/statuses/116609057462855307Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:27 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon
I thought Vivaldi is based on Google's Chromium. Did I miss something?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116609055964675032https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116609055964675032Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:05 GMT]]>@sorenladegaard @Vivaldi @jon

That essentially search results from Google search will be replaced by an AI "conversation".

It's as dumb as it sounds.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.elderlogs.net/ap/users/115800033806195726/statuses/116609054518794612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.elderlogs.net/ap/users/115800033806195726/statuses/116609054518794612Wed, 20 May 2026 21:36:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:32:20 GMT]]>@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

Try Startpage or Mojeek.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/teresa_athome/statuses/116609039787829066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/teresa_athome/statuses/116609039787829066Wed, 20 May 2026 21:32:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:22:13 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon

A decentrilsed search engine. No AI, no tracking. No advertising. No javascript of any kind. Never pay for it. Anyone can setup their own "branch" and contribute. Why does this sound so much like the #Fediverse? I could use some help with the system I've building for over a year and with corporations selling us out, we can band together to take the internet back.


This is what the internet was BEFORE the corprite take over.

This is #TidySearch https://search.mpaq.org

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KS3M91SDHDVEP656MSKHNH0Thttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KS3M91SDHDVEP656MSKHNH0TWed, 20 May 2026 21:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:21:13 GMT]]>@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

you can use duckduckgo without AI

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116608996065869952https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116608996065869952Wed, 20 May 2026 21:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:02:24 GMT]]>@sorenladegaard @Vivaldi @jon https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/Turr1caN/statuses/116608922084968635https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/Turr1caN/statuses/116608922084968635Wed, 20 May 2026 21:02:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:59:30 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon what was "yesterday's announcement"?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sorenladegaard/statuses/116608910627832109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sorenladegaard/statuses/116608910627832109Wed, 20 May 2026 20:59:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:44:14 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon Be strong, stay strong. This fight is not yours only: it’s ours, for all of us. Don’t forget it. 💪

As long as you’ll stay here, there still be hope for that better Web we all want to preserve.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/TritTriton/statuses/116608850655276424https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/TritTriton/statuses/116608850655276424Wed, 20 May 2026 20:44:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:44:10 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon Switched to DDG and Qwant, months ago, and haven't looked back.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116592236140707789/statuses/116608850340515219https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116592236140707789/statuses/116608850340515219Wed, 20 May 2026 20:44:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:41:17 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon servo engine when

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/exitcode/statuses/116608839039521011https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/exitcode/statuses/116608839039521011Wed, 20 May 2026 20:41:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:27:54 GMT]]>@Vivaldi IDK, opt-in is looking practically Utopian at this point.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tasket/statuses/116608786404913538https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tasket/statuses/116608786404913538Wed, 20 May 2026 20:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:41 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon still, you are helping Google in making their thing the entire browser ecosystem 😞 we have been at a point where making a chromium based thing is actively harmful for some time.

And I'm not attacking you (I actually like Vivaldi, it's the only chromium based thing I recommend to people who can't get used to Firefox or any of its forks), just pointing out the current situation is shit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/cygnathreadbare/statuses/116608781634778416https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/cygnathreadbare/statuses/116608781634778416Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:50:29 GMT]]>@ramblingsteve @Vivaldi @jon This please!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115850161992736618/statuses/116608639271569514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115850161992736618/statuses/116608639271569514Wed, 20 May 2026 19:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:45:57 GMT]]>@Vivaldi It's one thing to fight this on the web, but it's another battle entirely when it starts polluting native search APIs. The App Store is already a mess; I don't need this fight on my own turf too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116535831720048152/statuses/116608621439500723https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116535831720048152/statuses/116608621439500723Wed, 20 May 2026 19:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:39:35 GMT]]>@Vivaldi @jon is there any roadmap from chromium to an alternative engine like servo in future to cut them off entirely?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/ramblingsteve/statuses/116608596425053524https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/ramblingsteve/statuses/116608596425053524Wed, 20 May 2026 19:39:35 GMT