Google execs admit users are 'not quite happy' with search experience after Reddit blackouts

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Google execs admit users are 'not quite happy' with search experience after Reddit blackouts

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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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