Degoogle instead.
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good
Submitted 10 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/
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guyrocket@kbin.social 10 months ago
Daxtron2@startrek.website 10 months ago
I love seeing this same article rewritten and reposted all over Lemmy, such great engaging content
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 10 months ago
First time I saw it.
fubarx@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
There are browser userscripts out there now that do this automatically.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 10 months ago
What is this reporting? The tone sounds like a personal Twitter post.
which Google recently launched as a way to search the web without Google’s alpha-quality AI junk. It’s actually pretty nice, showing only the traditional 10 blue links, giving you a clean (well, other than the ads), uncluttered results page that looks like it’s from 2011.
Varyag@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Until Google realizes normal.people would rather use this than take part in their AI search, and block usage of it outside of businesses.
jarfil@beehaw.org 10 months ago
“Normal people”, as in 99% of people, will not bother editing the URL… most of them don’t even know what a URL is. They’ll just keep using whatever search window they get in their “internet” (browser).
However, Google would rather scrapers and people with ad blockers not make them waste money on AI when they can’t recoup them.
DosDude@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Honestly. People moved to Google back in the day. If a search engine gets enough traction for being superior, the adoption will start. Slowly first, but it worked before. I see no reason why it wouldn’t happen again.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 10 months ago
That’s what’s really confusing me: why add an expensive feature, that obviously doesn’t work and even in the best case adds only minor improvements?
I mean, it’s not another option like with Bing. It’s the default. Every stupid little search will take up AI resources. For what? Market cap?
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Yeah, the headline sort of reads like Ars is daring Google to remove the flag.
snownyte@kbin.social 10 months ago
Which they most likely will, just won't say anything.