Comment by chongli
2 years ago
It’s their M.O. Relentlessly cut “power user” features. Relentlessly undermine the user’s wishes and redirect the user to Google’s preferred results.
I don’t know why we continue to put up with it. Boiling frogs I guess.
Google used to be the best site to find illegal content. Probably that's why they removed those "power user" features.
The more direct their search the less opporunity to data mine, upsell you, or otherwise abuse your experience.
Because changing habits and routines costs energy and we don't like that.