2026-09-28 11:40 UTC
This isn't the revolution in software and design we were promised. And yes it's possible to still find things online without using an LLM, especially if you dislike using LLMs, you can still avoid them but this shift is very real.
It's not a new market, it's not clear people will pay to use these tools, and the kind of LLM you need to make a search doesn't require all of the investment and data centers we are seeing but I think it's their biggest "consumer success"
And it's troubling.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-09-28 11:43
A shift in the way that your typical office workers use search is a big deal but it's not "pay everyone in this little town in PA $10,000" big. The whole landscape still fails to make sense. I don't think you can win people over on the issue of search by making a moral argument. They will use the search that is free and that delivers what they are looking for.