Isn’t this standard enshitification?

Google started off like any new tech company years ago and they did have a superior product. Then they went public and Wall Street started expecting certain revenue numbers every quarter, growth slowed because they saturated the market, so the core product was pushed toward making money instead staying true to the original goals.

Typical stuff, really

Does anyone else find Google results seem to he favoring YouTube videos as well?

I dont want a god damn 10 minute video claiming to answer my question. I want the website that has the 2 sentences that would solve my problem or question.

So it’s often a bunch of ads, then videos, then blog spam none of which quickly or properly address things.

Google search has been unusable for a couple years now. I’m using DDG which isn’t as good as Google used to be, but it’s still better than the dumpster fire it is now.

I’ve even considered paying for Kagi but the idea of logging in and having my searches non-anonymous bugs the shit out of me.