"In more recent years, the shape of this development has shifted towards the benefits of corporations, with ad spends and SEO demands coming before the needs of the people."
"Now we've seen this shift again, with often not-quite-correct chatbots and AI summaries being put forward as an alternative to genuine research and understanding."
"Websites have noticed their traffic decreasing thanks to this new way of packaging information, though Google has denied this decline."
"That is until recently, when Jason Kint (via The Verge) spotted Google's admission in open court, stating "the open web is already in rapid decline.""
The internet evolved from humble beginnings into a world-connecting platform by adapting to public needs. Recent development has shifted toward corporate benefits, prioritizing ad spending and SEO over user needs. Search results have worsened, prompting some users to abandon Google despite its former ubiquity. AI chatbots and automated summaries are being presented as alternatives to traditional research, raising accuracy and environmental concerns. Web publishers report declining traffic as information is repackaged, and Google has acknowledged an accelerating decline of the open web while defending its advertising business in legal filings. The legal dispute centers on Google's advertising monopoly and proposals to break up its ad technologies.
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