Comment by hedora

If you love AI mode, then won't you just use a chat app? That'll search Google for you, and it'll keep more context, use a better model, etc, etc.

When people open a search bar and type stuff, they're showing an incredibly strong intent to... search the web.

This reminds me of when MS tried to turn all Windows user interactions into bing, or (even worse) copilot. How did that work out for them?

Anyway, unlike windows, there's zero cost to switch away from Google's search product. I'm predicting a bigger backfire.