Google Declaring War on the Web

Google's latest AI search initiatives represent a shift away from linking to external web sources toward providing AI-generated summaries, effectively creating a Google-controlled information layer that obscures the original web. The author argues this monopolizes access to information and reduces independent websites to unpaid raw material for Google's systems, undermining the participatory nature of the web. The article calls for users to "de-Googlify" by switching search engines and browsers to resist this consolidation of information control.